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Stem cells in hair follicles point to general model of organ regeneration
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people consider hair as a purely cosmetic part of their lives. To others, it may help uncover one of nature’s best-kept secrets: the body’s ability to regenerate organs. Now, new research ...
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First demonstration of new hair follicle generation in an animal model
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that hair follicles in adult mice regenerate by re-awakening genes once active only in developing embryos. These findings provide ...
Rat hair cells found to be true stem cells
Oct 04, 2005 |
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Cells inside hair follicles are stem cells able to develop into the cell types needed for hair growth and follicle replacement, Swiss researchers claim.
Researchers identify mechanism that controls activation of stem cells during hair regeneration
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have identified a novel cyclic signaling in the dermis that coordinates stem cell activity and regulates regeneration in large populations of hairs in animal models. The ...
Some mice stem cells divide in unexpected ways
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new genetic tools, Cornell researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave dramatically different than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been ...
Protein maintains cross talk between cells that control hair growth
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Feb 14, 2008 |
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Genes, it turns out, are only as active as the signals that turn them on and off. Now scientists from Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Institute have identified the signaling molecule that ratchets ...
Initial trigger is not enough to determine a stem cell’s fate
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Aug 03, 2007 |
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Disturbing a stem cell from its initial quiescent state was once thought to taint its gold-standard properties. However, research uncovering how a signaling pathway regulates stem cell behavior reveals that ...
Getting to the roots of hair loss
Feb 24, 2008 |
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A healthy individual loses around a hundred hairs a day. Nothing to worry about as long as they are constantly replaced and the losses occur evenly around the whole scalp. But when hair loss goes well beyond this level it ...
Researchers identify gene with possible link to infertility in mice
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified the role of a gene in regulating molecular signals involved with ovarian follicle development, which may one day help shed light on some of the causes of fertility ...
New research finds way to restore colour to white hair following illness
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a way to potentially restore colour to white hair, new research in the British Journal of Dermatology reveals this month.
Hair restoration techniques improve
Apr 18, 2006 |
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U.S. experts say men losing their hair can rejoice that better techniques for restoring their hair are in the horizon.
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