Engineering the Future of Hair Follicle Regeneration and Delivery

    April 2018 in “ Therapeutic Delivery
    Justin Tan, Lifeng Kang
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    TLDR Hair follicle regeneration and delivery is complex due to many molecular and cellular factors.
    This article discusses the limitations of current hair loss treatments and explores tissue engineering technologies for hair follicle regeneration and delivery. The document highlights the importance of restoring epithelial influences on dermal papilla cells and the positional relationships of hair follicular cell composites. The article also discusses various methods for delivering follicular cells for hair reconstitution in vivo. The conclusion emphasizes the complexity of designing hair follicle regeneration and delivery due to the tightly regulated molecular and cellular events involved in hair follicle development.
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