October 2015 in “Journal of Bioresource Management” This study suggests that plucked human hairs can be used to culture hair follicle cells in vitro, offering a potential, cost-effective alternative to traditional hair transplantation for treating male baldness.
August 2013 in “Fertility and Sterility” This in vitro study suggests that factors in the serum of PCOS patients may contribute to ovarian dysfunction, evidenced by higher hormone production and primordial follicle survival compared to control sera.
This study found that culturing hair follicles at the air-liquid interface enhanced hair growth and maintained an anagen-like morphology better than submerged cultures.
December 2016 in “Chin J Anat Clin” This study successfully improved methods for isolating, culturing, and purifying rat hair follicle stem cells, demonstrating their high purity, strong proliferation, and potential for adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation in vitro, which could support advancements in tissue engineering.
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March 1991 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study describes a gel-supported in vitro system for culturing skin samples that may effectively replace animal systems for toxicity testing, showing high correlation with in vivo skin toxicity measurements.
