January 2026 in “Dermatology Online Journal” Female-marketed minoxidil foam is more expensive than male-marketed, but generic and bulk options can reduce this gap.
December 2024 in “Frontiers in Veterinary Science” This study on Dorper sheep identified important genetic factors influencing hair follicle development, finding that expression patterns and genes like DBI, FZD3, and ZDHHC21 play a crucial role in wool shedding, which could help improve understanding of mammalian skin-related traits and human hair advancement.
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September 2008 in “Medical Hypotheses” This article proposes a novel hypothesis that androgenetic alopecia may be mainly caused by skull bone expansion affecting blood supply to hair follicles rather than differences in individual follicle programming, and calls for more genetic research into skull development.
January 2006 in “Casopís lékar̆ů c̆eských” This article reviews the characteristics of female androgenetic alopecia, highlighting its hormonal and genetic factors, and reports no new experimental findings; the authors note various life stages when hair loss may occur.
February 2013 in “Journal of Visualized Experiments” This study describes a method using lentivirus in mouse cells to analyze epithelial-mesenchymal signaling important for hair follicle development, offering a quicker alternative to genetic models.