Prolonged Maintenance of Human Hair Follicles In Vitro in a Serum-Free Medium

    October 1993 in “ British Journal of Dermatology ”
    Gillian E. Westgate, Walter Gibson, Terence Kealey, Michael P. Philpott
    Studysummary In this study, isolated human hair follicles maintained prolonged growth and consistent DNA and keratin synthesis patterns in a fully defined medium for at least 9 days while preserving in vivo-like morphology.
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    1. Organ Culture of Human Hair Follicles in Serum-Free Medium Archives of Dermatological Research · 1993
    2. Human Hair Growth In Vitro Journal of Cell Science · 1990