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The Nation - News from March 21, 1989

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Researchers from Iowa State University have come up with a water-soluble form of Vitamin A that they say is easily absorbed by the body and is safer for treatment of acne and wrinkles than other approved forms. The findings of their research into Vitamin A, also called retinol, were reported at a meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in New Orleans. Other derivatives of Vitamin A, soluble in fats, oils and alcohols, are toxic if consumed in large amounts and some believe they could lead to birth defects. Drugs that have been approved to treat acne and wrinkling, such as Retin A and Accutane, contain forms of retinoic acid.

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