<p>Snail slime, or snail mucin, has become a popular product in skin care.</p><p>Some claim it has anti-ageing properties, but if the early research shakes out, snail mucus could have even more significant uses.</p><p>Norman and Tegan discuss why snail gunk has become a hero of cosmetics, and what else it might be capable of.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/snail-mucin-skincare-sensation/" target="_blank">Why Snail Mucin? Or, How This Ancient Practice Became a Skin Care Sensation</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10962538/" target="_blank">Chemical composition, mineral profile, anti-bacterial, and wound healing properties of snail slime of Helix aspersa Müller</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S014181302305777X" target="_blank">Extraction, structure, pharmacological activities and applications of polysaccharides and proteins isolated from snail mucus</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7554965/" target="_blank">Antimicrobial Activities of Different Fractions from Mucus of the Garden Snail Cornu aspersum</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03664-3" target="_blank">Antimicrobial efficacy of Egyptian Eremina desertorum and Helix aspersa snail mucus with a novel approach to their anti-inflammatory and wound healing potencies</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ijmscr.ijpbms.com/index.php/ijmscrs/article/view/2263" target="_blank">Reviewing The Potential of Snail Extract to Accelerate and Improve Burn Wound Healing: A Literature Review</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35816-3" target="_blank">HelixComplex snail mucus exhibits pro-survival, proliferative and pro-migration effects on mammalian fibroblasts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09546630802582037" target="_blank">The efficacy of Helix aspersa Müller extract in the healing of partial thickness burns: A novel treatment for open burn management protocols</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0753332217357281?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">Helix aspersa maxima mucus exhibits antimelanogenic and antitumoral effects against melanoma cells</a></li><li><a href="https://jitc.bmj.com/content/11/Suppl_1/A948" target="_blank">849 Snail mucus increases the anti-cancer activity of anti-PD-L1 antibody in melanoma</a> </li><li><a href="https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/42/2/845" target="_blank">Snail Mucus Enhances Chemosensitivity of Triple-negative Breast Cancer Via Activation of the Fas Pathway</a></li><li><a href="https://jintegrativederm.org/doi/10.64550/joid.my5hzr63" target="_blank">Snails and Skin: A Systematic Review on the Effects of Snail-based Products on Skin Health</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11840295/" target="_blank">From Nature to Nurture: The Science and Applications of Snail Slime in Health and Beauty</a></li><li><a href="https://giving.jhu.edu/story/snail-mucus-research/" target="_blank">Artificial Snail Mucus Could Advance Cancer Treatments – Johns Hopkins University</a></li></ul><p>If you enjoyed this episode, check these out!</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/does-anti-ageing-skincare-actually-work/103400064">Does anti-ageing skincare actually work?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/fragrances-perfumes-health-harms/105915378">Should you be avoiding perfumes and fragrances?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/tinnitus-causes-treatments/105367938">What we do (and don't) know about tinnitus</a></li></ul>