A Comparative Study of Materials Assembled from Recombinant K31 and K81 and Extracted Human Hair Keratins

    September 2020 in “ Biomedical materials ”
    Rachael N. Parker, Alexis Trent, Kristina L Roth Stefaniak … Tijana Ž. Grove
    Studysummary This study found that recombinant human hair keratin proteins K31 and K81 show greater potential for inducing skin cell differentiation compared to natural keratin coatings.
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