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The future: Canterbury based Natalie Harrison, managing director of keratin supplement brand Kiri10, says the concept of consuming wool to provide a health benefit for humans is still in its infancy but showing significant promise.
Research could boost sustainable wool exports A United States plastic surgeon’s research into wound repair is set to provide a boost for New Zealand’s regeneratively farmed wool exports.
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The research has led to the discovery that wool sourced from sheep in New Zealand contains higher levels of a scleroprotein called keratin, a key structural material which protects epithelial cells from damage. The development has also
seen the establishment of a new cosmeceutical export industry in Canterbury, formulating dietary supplements which contain keratin extracted from sustainably farmed sheep’s wool. Natalie Harrison, managing director of keratin supplement brand Kiri10, said the concept of consuming wool to provide a
health benefit for humans is still in its infancy but showing significant promise. She said New Zealand keratin is used in dermatological treatments in many countries around the world for the clinical management of wounds and severe burns, including those injured during the White Island eruption.
“Keratin extracted from New Zealand wool has been used in topical wound care for some years now, following the discovery by a US surgeon that wounds heal faster closer to hair follicles, where there is greater concentration of collagen,” Harrison said.
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