Bioréance Laboratoires - MÉDUSYL

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Laboratoires

BIOREANCE

RCS:	Nanterre B 451 723 621
SIRET:	45172362100012
APE:	523 E
Capital:	7.623,00 EURO
Statut:	SARL
Gérant:	Mme PAYS
Dir. Gén:	Mr CAMBOULIVES

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Jellyfish, sea lice, sea nettle, coral, sea anemone and other organisms, which belong to the phylum cnidaria, are all equipped with stinging cells. These
stinging cells consist of a capsule, the nematocyst, containing a condensed highly folded eversible tubule with potent toxins. The discharge of this tubule
is driven by the building up of a high internal hydrostatic pressure of 200 atmospheres. This pressure is about 100 times the pressure in a car tire.
When jellyfish come into contact with their target the folded tubule is fired from the capsule at accelerations of up to 40,000xg, similar to the acceleration of a shell being fired from a cannon. The jellyfish toxins are delivered through the tubule into the prey, resembling a multi-headed poisonous arrow.

This mechanism of the stinging cells is one of the fastest mechanical events in nature.

Activation and inhibition of the jellyfish stinging cells:
The jellyfish stinging cells are activated by several mechanical and chemical events. The understanding of the biochemistry and cell biology of the stinging
organelles enabled to develop both the concept and the technology to inhibit the triggering pathway of the stinging cell.
MÉDUSYL® was scientifically designed to disarm jellyfish stinging cells and to protect the skin.