Metabolomic And Lipidomic Atlas Of Human Hair Across Its Length

    November 2025 in “ Communications Biology ”
    Maria van de Lavoir, Yuanye Chi, Ting Zeng … Adrian Covaci
    Studysummary The researchers reported creating a Human Hair Atlas that maps over 1200 molecular species in hair, revealing up to 50% variation in metabolite and lipid levels along the hair's length, and identified 122 exposome-related compounds from personal care products.
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