Plucked Human Hair Shafts and Biomolecular Medical Research

    January 2013 in “ ˜The œscientific world journal/TheScientificWorldjournal ”
    Kevin Schembri, Christian Scerri, Duncan Ayers
    Studysummary This review explores the potential use of plucked hair follicles in regenerative medicine and diagnostics but presents no new research findings.
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