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  July 2013   in “Experimental Dermatology”
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  July 2013   in “Experimental Dermatology”    Aging reduces the ability of human hair follicle cells to form new cell colonies.  
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  December 2005   in “The Journal of clinical investigation/The journal of clinical investigation”    Researchers successfully isolated and identified key markers of stem cell-enriched human hair follicle bulge cells.  
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  July 2011   in “PLOS ONE”
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  July 2011   in “PLOS ONE”    Spermidine may help reduce hair loss and deserves further testing as a treatment.  
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  January 2006   in “Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces”
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  January 2006   in “Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces”    Researchers found that bulge cells from human hair can grow quickly in culture and have properties of hair follicle stem cells, which could be useful for skin treatments.  
      23 citations
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  January 2015   in “Stem cells international”
           23 citations
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  January 2015   in “Stem cells international”    Coating surfaces with human hair keratin improves the growth and consistency of important stem cells for medical use.