Dissecting the Impact of Chemotherapy on the Human Hair Follicle

    September 2007 in “ ˜The œAmerican journal of pathology ”
    Enikő Bodó, Desmond J. Tobin, York Kamenisch … Ralf Paus
    Studysummary This study found that organ-cultured human scalp hair follicles can mimic chemotherapy-induced damage in vivo and serve as a model to explore molecular targets and protective agents for hair follicle preservation.
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