Advances in the Extracellular Vesicles Treatment of Alopecia

    August 2025 in “ Annals of Medicine ”
    Xiaoxin Wu, Songjia Tang
    Studysummary This review discusses recent advances in using extracellular vesicles as a potential treatment for alopecia and highlights ongoing challenges in their clinical application and mass production; no new clinical results are reported.
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