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This study compiled an archive of 684 genes associated with monogenic hair disorders, identifying previously unrecognized components of Hippo signaling and proposing a new biologically-grounded disease taxonomy.

This study systematically characterized the nanomechanical properties of human hair, such as hardness and elastic modulus, across different ethnicities and treatment conditions using nanoindentation and scanning electron microscopy.

This article reviews the generation of complex integument patterns through genetic, chemical, and environmental influences, with applications in tissue engineering, but reports no new experimental results.

In this study, researchers found that taking Saw palmetto and Pygeum africana supplements for five days altered the urinary steroid profile in a way that may interfere with the steroidal module of the Athlete Biological Passport.

This study suggests that blood microarray biomarkers may help predict individual treatment response in psoriasis patients, highlighting a distinct blood signature related to inflammation, interferon, and myeloid lineage transcripts.

This study introduces scINSIGHT, a method that showed improved performance over existing approaches in identifying gene expression patterns and cellular processes in heterogeneous scRNA-seq datasets from different biological conditions.

T cells affect skin cell genes in inflammatory diseases, and therapy can normalize these changes.

This study analyzed gene expression data to identify key genes involved in severe forms of alopecia areata, discovering four immune monitoring genes (LGR5, SHISA2, HOXC13, S100A3) with potential for early diagnosis and better understanding of the disease's biological mechanisms.

This study created a detailed atlas of endogenous peptides across 13 maize tissues during various developmental phases, revealing a complex regulatory network where peptide abundance doesn't always align with their source proteins, signaling unique roles in maize development.

This study explored a keratin, sodium alginate, and carboxymethyl chitosan hydrogel modified with tannic acid and found it to have promising wound-healing qualities, including similar elasticity to human skin, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and effective water retention. These attributes suggest potential applications in biomedical engineering.

This study found that the keratin matrix in mammalian hard α-keratins is crucial for maintaining stiffness in water by controlling intermediate filament hydration.

This study demonstrated that molecular dynamics simulations of keratin could effectively model the mechanical properties of hair, aligning well with experimental data, especially when conducted in vacuum conditions.

This article describes how PESCADOR software assists in creating detailed biological pathway charts from PubMed abstracts, focusing on hair and breast development case studies without providing new clinical results.

This study reviews the transformative role of artificial intelligence in biomaterial design, highlighting its ability to reduce costs through virtual screening, enhance material performance, and predict biological interactions to advance personalized and precision medicine.

This study explored the molecular biology of skin adaptations in pangolins, revealing that certain genes for lipid synthesis have inactive patterns, while others related to skin function remain intact, suggesting complex evolutionary changes in their skin physiology.

This study found that all examined biomarkers and clinical features were elevated in systemic lupus erythematosus patients, particularly ANA and Anti-dsDNA autoantibodies, but no single biomarker was sensitive or specific enough for diagnosis.

This study observed that keratose, derived from human hair, integrated well in mouse tissue and remodeled with collagen, suggesting potential as a non-toxic biomaterial for regenerative applications.

This study identified disproportionate reporting of several serious unknown or less documented adverse events associated with biologics for severe asthma, suggesting the need for further safety assessments.

This study investigated pangolin skin genetics, finding that while sweat gland-related genes are not inactivated, several genes related to sebaceous gland function are, which highlights complex evolutionary adaptations in mammalian skin.

This study found that male and female chicken feather morphology and color patterns can be extrinsically modified through molting and resetting the stem cell niche during regeneration.

This study introduces a modular fiber model to investigate how changes in microstructural properties of wool affect its critical buckling load, highlighting potential uses and areas needing further research in wool fiber biophysics.

This review examines glycopeptide hydrogels as biomimetic materials for tissue regeneration and other biomedical applications, describing their design, properties, and potential uses, and highlighting future advancements in replicating natural tissue environments for precision medicine.

In this study, researchers evaluated emulsions made with natural plant extracts and oils on guinea pigs, finding that a specific hydrophilic/lipophilic balance and globule size led to a stable emulsion and stimulated hair growth.

This study found that bleached hair showed optimal protein structural integrity and tensile strength at pH 5, with significant changes in cross-linking, water content, and diameter at more alkaline or acidic levels.

This study reviews advances in targeted therapies for moderate-severe dermatological conditions like plaque psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, reporting on newly approved treatments and highlighting the need for further innovations in managing rare inflammatory skin diseases through emerging laboratory techniques and trials.

In this study, researchers explored drug repurposing as a potential strategy for treating psoriasis and identified Pioglitazone, Trimipramine, and Dimetindene as promising candidates for this indication, based on molecular docking and predictive algorithms.

This review discusses the potential regulation of signal transduction pathways by microRNAs in animal cells, aiming to identify biological processes that may be influenced by miRNA-mediated regulation, but it reports no new experimental outcomes.

This study reported that a newly developed hydrogel composed of recombinant type I collagen and chitosan, incorporating a metal–polyphenol structure, demonstrated strong mechanical and healing properties, effectively promoting wound healing in a full-thickness skin defect model.

In this study, researchers developed a regression model that reasonably predicts consumer-perceived hair breakage using various parameters such as hair smoothness, detangling forces, extensional strength, and hair density among Indian women.

This study highlights the importance of understanding the rheological properties of hyaluronic acid fillers, including viscosity, cross-linking, and concentration, to optimize their use in addressing facial aging by maximizing clinical effects.