1 citations
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December 2016 in “Trichology and cosmetology:” This review highlights the potential of Panax ginseng as a promising natural treatment for hair loss, despite limited published research on its effects.
March 2026 in “Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences” This review critically examines Forensic DNA Phenotyping, highlighting high accuracy in predicting certain traits but also legal and ethical challenges, particularly around regulatory fragmentation and issues of genetic privacy.
38 citations
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August 2012 in “Biochemical and biophysical research communications” This study found that leukocytes and beard hair follicle cells have an endogenous circadian clock, with PER1 and PER3 expression possibly serving as biomarkers for assessing individual biological clock traits.
36 citations
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November 2005 in “Forensic Science International” This study developed a new STR typing strategy for forensic casework, enabling the simultaneous analysis of 11 polymorphic systems, particularly useful for limited or degraded DNA samples such as telogen hair roots.
4 citations
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November 2011 in “Archives of Dermatology” This study describes a simple, noninvasive hair counting method used in a hair growth prevention trial, assessing its reliability and validity.
September 2023 in “Journal of the turkish academy of dermatology” In this study, researchers found that men with androgenetic alopecia had higher obesity-related parameters, such as fat percentage and BMI, compared to healthy controls, but observed no differences in cardiovascular markers like CIMT and EFT.
5 citations
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February 2015 in “Dermatologica Sinica” In this study, a computer-aided imaging system accurately measured the width of balding areas in female pattern hair loss, correlating strongly with clinical staging severity.
30 citations
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July 2022 in “Scientific Reports” This study developed a model using cardiovascular radiomics to estimate biological heart age, finding obesity and other health factors strongly correlated with accelerated heart aging.
June 2020 in “Journal of cosmetic medicine” This article discusses the development of a standardized assessment scale for hair transplant outcomes, emphasizing multiple parameters that contribute to an aesthetically pleasing result and reports no new clinical findings.
This study demonstrated potential in using specific keratin peptide profiles from human hair shafts to distinguish gender and ethnicity, suggesting it could enhance forensic investigations, though larger studies are needed.
9 citations
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January 2011 in “Skin Research and Technology” This study developed a high-resolution phototrichogram system that can automatically and accurately assess hair growth metrics in cosmetic trials, achieving over 90% correlation with manual measurements.
January 2023 in “Türkiye klinikleri adli tıp ve adli bilimler dergisi” This review discusses forensic DNA phenotyping, focusing on male pattern baldness and its prediction through SNP markers, but reports no new results.
2 citations
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July 2008 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study suggests that a prototype device may accurately measure hair quantity, diameter, and density in balding patients, potentially aiding in diagnostic assessments, though formal clinical studies are needed to confirm its effectiveness.
55 citations
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June 2007 in “Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference” This study introduces an extended approach to the Bonferroni procedure that accounts for correlations among endpoints, aiming to improve test power while maintaining strong control of the family-wise type I error rate in clinical trials.
33 citations
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February 1999 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, researchers found that overexpression of IGF-1 in transgenic mice stimulated increased vibrissa growth during the first neonatal hair cycle compared to their nontransgenic littermates.
20 citations
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September 2015 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that 5% minoxidil topical foam was effective in stabilizing hair density and scalp coverage in men with moderate androgenetic alopecia over 104 weeks, with good safety and tolerability.
1 citations
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April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that facial sun damage scores from UV photography correlate with skin cancer and melanoma risk factors, suggesting this technology may help identify individuals at higher risk.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that adding cell adhesion-linked gene expression variables improved the identification of patients with SLN metastases within 90 days of melanoma diagnosis compared to using clinicopathologic variables alone.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that male pattern baldness was associated with an increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, particularly at the scalp.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The researchers reported that SOX4 expression is significantly upregulated in melanoma and its knockdown in cell lines resulted in reduced tumor progression, suggesting potential for targeted therapies.
14 citations
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June 2021 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This article discusses the BIOMAP consortium's efforts in standardizing data for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis research to facilitate personalized medicine, but it presents no new research findings.
49 citations
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November 2014 in “Journal of Clinical Epidemiology” This study found that using an objective approach to develop search strategies for systematic reviews was noninferior to the conceptual approach commonly used in Cochrane Reviews, with a mean sensitivity of 96%.
36 citations
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October 2000 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study identified a distinct gene near the hairless locus on chromosome 8p that is responsible for hereditary Marie Unna type hypotrichosis in a German family.
7 citations
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January 1990 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This study observed that without any treatment, hair counts did not increase, suggesting that counting methods are unlikely to explain the 'placebo-effect' seen in previous minoxidil studies.
May 2012 in “Scientific American” New app improves storm surge predictions; advances in baldness treatment show potential but require time.
May 2012 in “Scientific American” Blocking a compound called prostaglandin D₂ might help treat hair loss.
March 2024 in “medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that faster algorithms for inferring ancestry in genomic data can better capture historical and functional insights into genome variation than traditional methods in large datasets like the UK Biobank.
2 citations
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March 2018 in “Clinical Nutrition ESPEN” This study among ethnic Saudi Arabian women concluded that symptoms like muscle cramps, fatigue, mood swings, hair loss, back pain, and weight gain were more common in those with lower vitamin D levels.
This study explored how men's perceived height and androgenetic alopecia affect social and personality impressions, reporting a potential "attractiveness malus" but noting limitations due to an older dataset, selective sample, and cultural homogeneity among raters.
December 2019 in “Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (International University of Sarajevo)” This study presents a machine learning algorithm that achieved 89.5% accuracy in predicting hair health using factors like spatial-temporal images, age, and gender.