L’Oréal Groupe and the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Academy for Healthy Longevity have announced a multi-year strategic research partnership to advance longevity science, focusing on the role of skin in healthy ageing. This collaboration includes the establishment of a joint laboratory on the NUS campus, integrating skin science into broader longevity research.
The partnership aims to address a gap in geroscience by rigorously evaluating whether skin ageing correlates with the ageing of other organ systems or follows its own trajectory. If skin ageing aligns with other systems, it could serve as a non-invasive proxy for more complex ageing processes. Alternatively, if it ages independently, it represents a distinct axis of biological ageing.
The new laboratory, located at the Healthy Longevity Clinical Trial Centre, will incorporate L’Oréal’s advanced skin, scalp, and hair evaluation capabilities into NUS’s comprehensive longevity assessments. This integration allows researchers to directly correlate skin data with systemic health indicators, enhancing the understanding of skin’s role in overall health.
Professor Andrea Maier from NUS Medicine highlighted the potential of skin as an “underutilised window into the biology of ageing,” whilst Dr Angeline Tay of L’Oréal emphasised the importance of understanding skin as an early indicator of internal ageing processes.
This partnership marks a significant step in recognising skincare’s role beyond cosmetics, aiming to support healthspan through proactive interventions. Insights from this collaboration will contribute to L’Oréal’s Longevity Integrative Science™, potentially informing future interventions for healthier skin, scalp, and hair.
