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Hair follicle biology
Hair follicles are located in the outer layer (epidermis) of the skin. Hair grows from the bottom of the follicle. The root of the hair receives nutrients from the blood via blood vessels. As cells proliferate, the hair will grow extending from the skin.
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DEC 02, 2024Neuroscience
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study identified that the endogenous secreted Wnt inhibitor DKK2 suppresses the hair follicle developmentWritten By: Aswini KannegantiJUN 16, 2018Videos
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According to The University of Manchester's Centre for Dermatology Research, a recent developed drug c ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists created a three-dimensional model of human skin that supported hair growth.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells may be a new therapeutic avenue for baldness or alopecia, in which hair is lost because of aging, chemotherap ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
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DEC 02, 2024
Neuroscience
A new systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the link between alcohol consumption and androgenetic alopecia (A
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 12, 2023
Health & Medicine
Alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder characterized by hair loss, has long posed a challenge for patients and clinicia
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
APR 28, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells have some amazing capabilities. Some can become any type of cell in the body, and some can move between the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2023
Cancer
After years of effort, a game-changing treatment has emerged from outside the Biopharma sector: a cancer drug that only
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUL 03, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A newly-discovered signaling molecule known as SCUBE3 may be able to stimulate hair growth in those with androgenetic al
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 25, 2022
Immunology
Salk Institute researchers studying alopecia have learned more about the link between immunity and hair growth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
With robotics and tissue culture skills, scientists have engineered a type of synthetic skin tissue that they successful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our pets don't seem to have much in common with the wild animals they're related to, but the genes that dictate the colo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
It seems that people have known for a long time, and research has suggested that stress can cause hair to turn gray. Now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists may have identified a biomarker for autism spectrum disorder, which can be difficult to differentiate from ot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2020
Health & Medicine
Stress and gray hair have always been closely associated, and now, scientists from Harvard have discovered the physiolog
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
This work may help develop new treatments for skin that is aging or damaged by wounds or burns.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2019
Cancer
As far as skin cancers go, advanced invasive melanoma is quite aggressive – treatment options are still lacking ef
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a critical protective barrier, and has to constantly replenish and repair itself after damage or just normal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
study identified that the endogenous secreted Wnt inhibitor DKK2 suppresses the hair follicle development
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
JUN 16, 2018
Videos
Researchers are developing ways to treat hair loss, which is a problem for many people for a variety of reasons.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to The University of Manchester's Centre for Dermatology Research, a recent developed drug c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists created a three-dimensional model of human skin that supported hair growth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells may be a new therapeutic avenue for baldness or alopecia, in which hair is lost because of aging, chemotherap
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Methylene blue is a common, inexpensive antioxidant that's been shown to have efficacy against aging; new work confirmed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In work that could be a massive breakthrough in dermatology, researchers have developed a way to coax wounds into regene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca
...