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The Sun, Reconsidered

The scientific case for sunlight, and why it matters for our client Cytokind.

Rowan Jacobsen has built a career writing about the science most people get wrong. His new book, In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure (Simon & Schuster, June 16), goes after one of the most settled pieces of public health advice of the last forty years: stay out of the sun.

We're flagging it for a reason beyond a good summer read. The science he pulls together speaks directly to the work of one of our clients, Cytokind.

In Defense of Sunlight Rowan Jacobsen  ·  Simon & Schuster Buy on Amazon →

What the book says

Jacobsen's case rests on research that rarely makes it into a doctor's office:

Why it matters for Cytokind

Cytokind brings clinically established narrowband UVB phototherapy (the Phothera device line) to patients, extending a proven, physician-prescribed therapy to other conditions driven by systemic inflammation. When the public conversation starts treating light as something that acts on the immune system, the ground Cytokind is building on gets firmer.

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