January 2010 in “Life Science Alliance” This study found that in Vdr-knockout mice, hair follicles fail to complete the catagen stage, leading to persistent epithelial strands and subsequent hair loss.
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May 2025 in “MedComm” This review highlights how organoid technology is transforming precision medicine by summarizing its development and applications in modeling diseases, testing drug efficacy, and tailoring patient-specific treatments, despite current challenges in standardization and ethical considerations.
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September 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers used a CRISPR-based method to correct mutations in the COL7A1 gene in stem cells from RDEB patients, restoring normal collagen expression in engineered skin grafts in mice.
January 2025 in “EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS” This study found that gamma-ray exposure on the day of fertilization or the day after increased genome editing efficiency in pregnant mice using the i-GONAD method, potentially aiding in the creation of diverse experimental animal models.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study demonstrated that gene-corrected 3D skin constructs from RDEB patient-derived iPSCs, grafted onto immunocompetent mice, showed normal collagen VII expression after two months.