288: Snail Mucus

288: Snail Mucus

Brain Junk
Brain Junk
288: Snail Mucus
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We’ve got a vocab “argument” when it comes to the beauty industry. They say that super hydrating lotion has snail mucins. Scientists say mucins are in a protein family secreted by animals for a whole host of reasons. Come clean beauty industry🤣🤣🤣! It’s snail mucus.

Show Notes:

NIH National Library of Medicine: Super cool snail slime paper

NPR scientist interview

Snail Facial with REAL SNAILS!

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