NASA Technology Finds Water on Mars - And Creates Breakthrough Skin Cream

Peering down from its orbit around Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently spotted dark streaks streaming down the steep slopes on the Red Planet. Those streaks ebb and flow over time, offering “convincing science that…appears to confirm that water is flowing today on the surface of Mars,” says John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

This stunning confirmation of what scientists have long suspected raises the chances that life will also be found on the mysterious planet. That would be real Martian life, not the potatoes that Matt Damon’s botanist character is able to grow in the red soil in Hollywood’s most recent journey to Mars.

But while the innovation that Damon’s astronaut depends on to save his life is science fiction, NASA has developed real technology for exploring the planets that is already making a difference on Earth. A recent USA Today story describes “10 Ways Space Technology Benefits Our Earthly Existence.”

One of those 10 technologies (#2 in the USA Today story) is a breakthrough skin cream, REJUVEL 3D Ageless Infinity Microgravity Cell Renewal Cream, developed by Miami-based Rejuvel Bio-Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: NUUU), a NASA Technology Transfer Partner.

“The confirmation of water on Mars is a huge advance,” says John Stickler, vice president of Rejuvel Bio-Sciences. “But we want people to know that products based on NASA technology can also make an enormous difference in their own lives now.”

Traveling to Mars or distant stars requires a way to treat the inevitable wounds that astronauts will get, such as treating burns with replacement skin. So NASA researchers experimented with growing cells on the space shuttle — and discovered they actually grow better in the microgravity of space than they do on Earth, forming three-dimensional structures instead of just spreading across a flat surface. Moreover, in the process, those cells produce more potent substances than normal. The difference was so striking that NASA scientists tried to duplicate those results on the ground by designing a rotating bioreactor that mimics the microgravity of space. They were successful.

Stickler and others at Rejuvel then realized that the NASA-developed bioreactor could be used to grow cells that make potent anti-aging substances to create better cosmetics. So they licensed the technology and put it to use growing green tea cells for their breakthrough skin cream, Rejuvel 3D.

The extract from those cells is what makes Rejuvel 3D so potent. “So far the results have been even better than we had hoped, with wrinkles disappearing, spots fading, and skin becoming healthier and more youthful,” says Jacob G. Appelbaum, Ph.D, Chairman of Rejuvel’s Advisory Board, who helped develop the product. It might even have helped Matt Damon’s character cope better with the harsh Martian climate.

In addition, Rejuvel 3D is just the first of many expected products from the NASA-developed technology.

“We are just at the beginning of harnessing this space-inspired technology to improve health and wellness,” says Appelbaum.

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