New Stem Cell-Based Topical Solution Helps Bald People Regrow Hair
The results of a clinical trial released today (May 18, 2020) in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate how a topical solution made up of stem cells…
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Fascinating Microscopic Images Comparing Hair of Different Mamals Shows How Thicker Isn’t Always Stronger
Despite being four times thicker than human hair, elephant hair is only half as strong—that’s just one finding from researchers studying the hair strength of…
Discovery Leads to Schizophrenia Biomarker and New Insights on Cause and Treatment
Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a…
Reversing Baldness by Wearing a Hat – New Low-Cost Hair Growth Technology
Few things on earth strike fear into the hearts of men more profoundly than hair loss. But reversing baldness could someday be as easy as…
New Breakthrough in Cancer Hair Loss Treatment Discovered
Scientists have determined a new way to protect the hair follicle from chemotherapy in an effort to prevent hair loss as a result of cancer…
Scientists Untangle the Science of How Hair Follicles Grow
An outstanding question in dermatology that researchers have studied for decades is: How do hair follicles emerge from a sea of seemingly uniform skin cells…
Researchers Culture First Lab-Grown Skin Tissue With Hair Follicles
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have cultured the first lab-grown skin tissue complete with hair follicles. This skin model, developed using stem cells from…
A Possible New Treatment for Baldness, Regulatory T Cells Facilitate Hair Growth
Researchers reveal that regulatory T cells, a type of immune cell generally associated with controlling inflammation, directly trigger stem cells in the skin to promote…
Yale Study Shows Topical Ruxolitinib Grows Hair
A new study from Yale University reveals that a topical formulation of an oral medication used to treat bone marrow diseases can be used to…
Scientists Show That Blocking Enzymes in Hair Follicles Promotes Hair Growth
New research from Columbia University reveals that inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles restores hair growth. The research is published in the online…
FDA Approved Arthritis Drug Spurs Hair Growth
Using an existing FDA-approved drug for rheumatoid arthritis called tofacitinib citrate, a man with alopecia universalis has grown a full head of hair, eyebrows and…
Hair Restoration Method Generates New Human Hair Growth
A new hair restoration method developed by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center is the first to induce new human hair growth. New York, New…
Study Points to a Way to Treat Wounds and Grow Hair
A newly published study reveals that the overexpression of growth factor Fgf9 in a mouse model increases the number of new hair follicles produced during…
Blind Golden Moles Have a Blue-Green Iridescent Sheen, a Rare Example in Mammals
Golden moles, mammals forming the family of Chrysochloridae, which taxonomically is distinct from true moles but to which they resemble due to species convergence, are…
Hairy People Better at Catching Bedbugs
Here’s some news that will make you think about throwing out your razor and giving up waxing. People with lots of body hair are better…