A cosmetic skin whitening product based on gene-silencing technology results in claims of racism. The cream in question, Gloriel, is able to reduce the production of melanin, the substance responsible for skin pigmentation. The Nobel Prize-winning technique of gene silencing known as RNA interference was expanded by two graduate students at Carleton University, Canada. The students, Pratik Lodha and Eman Ahmed-Muhsin have defended their creation against claims of racism.

Eman Ahmed-Muhsin said that, “The market exists and we’re not going to increase or decrease that market” according to CBC News.

RNA technology was invested by US researchers, Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello. The technology won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2006.

The skin lightening cosmetic market is big business in China and India, as well as in some African and Caribbean countries.

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