Aging Hair Follicles Rejuvenated by Transplantation to a Young Subcutaneous Environment

    March 2016 in “ Cell cycle/Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex. Online) ”
    Wenluo Cao, Lingna Li, Satoshi Kajiura … Robert M. Hoffman
    Studysummary This study found that young host mice rejuvenated aged hair follicles after transplantation, while aged host mice did not support hair growth from transplanted follicles.
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