Amatokin is highly sought after in US and Europe as a novel stem cell based anti-wrinkle skin cream. We first reported about Amatokin in Spetember 2006. Recently Amatokin was launched in USA at Bloomingdale’s.

The cost of Amatokin is $173.00 for a one-month supply.

“Amatokin activates the potential of our inherent, adult stem-cell reservoirs in skin to help rejuvenate the skin,” says Richard Wells, Ph.D. and R&D specialist for Voss Laboratories. “In so doing, Amatokin provides the consumer with a serious anti-aging topical cosmetic that comes with 15 years of scientific research, including extensive laboratory and clinical data.”

Dr. Wells continues: “Everyday our skin suffers the incremental and cumulative effects of genetic aging and environmental damage. As we age, stem-cell utilization for rejuvenation of aged or damaged skin functions less efficiently until, with age, stem-cell utilization becomes significantly reduced. However, even when reduced, age and damage cannot diminish the potential that nature has given us to utilize these inherent stem-cell reservoirs for rejuvenation… given the proper environment. To my knowledge, Amatokin is unlike any other cosmetic skin cream ever made available to the general public.”

Amatokin is the first product to highlight the expression of stem cell markers in the skin to reduce the appearance of serious wrinkles. Finally, a real, non-invasive breakthrough in skin care that doesn’t involve needles, injections, peels or a visit to the doctor’s office. Amatokin could really be “a miracle in a bottle.”

While it has been argued that Amatokin trivializes stem cell research, I think it is a very important product to highlight the public interest in practical aspects of stem cell research and also to raise awareness about the potential of stem cell research.