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The science, in plain language.

Clear, evidence-based explainers on how our precision platform works and why it is different. Written to be understood by anyone, and rigorous enough for the scientists who check.

This is a growing library. Each explainer pairs a plain-language read with a downloadable briefing you can share with your team, formulators or stakeholders.

The science12 min read

Why killing bacteria is not the answer: the science behind the next generation of acne care

For forty years, acne treatment has rested on a single reflex — find the bacterium and kill it. The modern evidence suggests that reflex is incomplete, and in important ways counterproductive. Here is why the next generation of acne care aims to restore balance and remove persistence, not wage chemical warfare on the skin.

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The science10 min read

What is acne, really? The science behind every breakout

Acne is not a hygiene problem or a simple bacterial infection — it is a chronic inflammatory condition of the skin’s oil-producing units, driven by four forces that reinforce one another. Here is the foundational science, in plain language.

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The science10 min read

Biofilm: the hidden fortress on your skin

A biofilm is not a smear of germs — it is a community of microbes living inside a self-built shelter. It is the default lifestyle of bacteria, usually an ally on healthy skin, and only a problem when the balance tips. Here is the science, in plain language.

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The science9 min read

Your skin has an ecosystem — and acne is what happens when it tips

Healthy skin is a balanced microbial community. Acne is not an invasion or an overgrowth — it is that community tipping out of balance. Here is the modern science, in plain language.

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Safety & resistance8 min read

Do lysins drive resistance like antibiotics?

Why the bacteriolytic enzymes behind our platform have a fundamentally lower propensity to drive resistance than conventional antibiotics.

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The science11 min read

The biofilm–inflammation connection: why the fortress is the real enemy

Acne is not a numbers game. The driver of inflammation is not how much C. acnes is present, but the biofilm — a matrix-protected fortress that concentrates virulence, evades the immune system and resists treatment. Here is the mechanism, in plain language.

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The science11 min read

Not all C. acnes are the same: the subtype story that changes everything

Healthy skin and acne-prone skin carry the same bacterium — in roughly the same amount. The difference is not how much C. acnes lives on your skin, but which kind. Meet the family of subtypes, the troublemaker among them, and why the goal is to rebalance rather than sterilise.

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