Extensive Hair-Shaft Elongation by Isolated Mouse Whisker Follicles in Very Long-Term Gelfoam Histoculture

    September 2015 in “ PLoS ONE ”
    Wenluo Cao, Lingna Li, Sumiyuki Mii … Robert M. Hoffman
    Studysummary This study demonstrated that Gelfoam® histoculture supports extensive growth of both hair shafts and sensory nerves from isolated mouse whisker follicles over prolonged periods.
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