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Many people have experienced problems with acne. Holger Brüggemann, who is associate professor at Aarhus University, has received more than DKK 2 million from the LEO Foundation to find alternative methods of treatment.
2021.11.04 |
Holger Brüggemann has already identified several bacterial strains which can inhibit acne.
Acne is one of the most common skin diseases in the world – just under ten per cent of the world's population are troubled by the condition. The current treatment with retinoids and antibiotics is challenged by resistance, so there is a need to find alternative treatment.
Holger Brüggemann is associate professor at the Department of Biomedicine, and he has received a grant of just over DKK 2 million from the LEO Foundation to conduct research into an alternative method of treating acne. Together with his research colleagues, he will study the skin's bacterial flora.
Healthy skin has more than one hundred different bacterial strains. Holger Brüggemann's mission is to identify the bacterial strains that inhibit acne in patients with mild to moderate symptoms. If he is successful, this will make personal treatment possible, so that the skin's own bacteria fights the acne. Furthermore, the method does not lead to antibiotic resistance.
Contact
Associate Professor & PhD Holger Brüggemann
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Mobile: (+45) 2345 9329
Email: brueggemann@biomed.au.dk