Continuing the reflection on the origin of cosmetics, I would like to focus more specifically on the origin of the cells used in laboratory processes. Perhaps the answer begins from the same place: nothing is created from nothing. Where it begins The cells used in biotechnology are not created from scratch in the laboratory. They have an original source. They may originate from: human tissues animal organisms or plants and are then cultivated and multiplied in controlled envi

The starting point for today’s reflection was simple. Another sample of a cosmetic cream, the kind often handed to us at a pharmacy. Something small, everyday. And yet — reading the ingredients, I found myself once again facing the same feeling: that, in the end, we do not always have control over the products we use. Nor do we always have the information that would allow us to consciously choose what we use. Not because we don’t want to. But because the information is not al