February 2025 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” Only Deomyinae rodents can regenerate complex tissues.
October 2024 in “Cosmetics” In this study, reducing agents like ammonium thioglycolate, L-cysteine, and sodium sulfite in shampoo effectively decreased hair flyaway and frizz without causing damage, as no critical hair damage was observed in structural and tensile strength assessments.
May 2024 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” This review highlights that hair's chemical bonds, particularly disulfide bonds, are not homogeneous, as previously thought, but instead vary in response to different cosmetic treatments, suggesting a need for further exploration of ionic bonds and hydrophobic interactions.
May 2024 in “Frontiers in Nutrition” This study highlights promising methods for converting food waste into valuable resources such as biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel, fertilizers, and antioxidants through processes like fermentation and anaerobic digestion, emphasizing the need for robust large-scale technologies to optimize this "waste to value" transformation.
April 2024 in “Cosmetics” This review highlights the use of microneedling devices and patches to deliver cosmetic agents through the skin, noting their applications in skin rejuvenation and safety considerations such as potential skin irritation and infection.
This study reported that the Fe@C/CB electrocatalyst effectively detected Metol in water samples with a low detection limit, high sensitivity, and good stability, suggesting it as a promising tool for environmental monitoring.
January 2024 in “Biotechnology advances” This review highlights the importance of selecting high-quality bioassays in discovering bioactive compounds from marine sources, emphasizing their role in evaluating safety and efficacy during pharmaceutical, food supplement, and cosmetic development.
January 2024 in “Materials chemistry frontiers (Online)” This study reviews recent advancements in near-infrared organic light-emitting diode (NIR OLED) technologies, focusing on their applications and the diverse luminescent materials used in their emissive layers.
January 2024 in “Skin appendage disorders” This research highlights that various environmental pollutants, including particulate matter, tobacco smoke, and heavy metals, can significantly affect hair follicle health, linking them to conditions like alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia, underscoring the need for further study in this area.
October 2023 in “International journal of women’s dermatology” This study observed that while hair camouflage techniques can boost confidence and reduce stigma for Black women with alopecia, they can also contribute to further hair damage; clinicians should consider safer styling practices as part of individualized care strategies.
August 2023 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this study, researchers developed a new sodium alginate/chitosan/Zn2+ hydrogel that showed improved physical properties, antibacterial activity, and biocompatibility, and demonstrated enhanced wound healing and skin regeneration in an in vitro model.
July 2023 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This review describes ethosomes as promising nanocarriers for delivering active cosmetic ingredients to the skin, potentially transforming treatments for hair loss, acne, and skin pigmentation.
This study found that a bio-based repair solution containing hydrolysed wool keratin, serine, and transglutaminase improved the physical and chemical properties of damaged hair, increasing its strength, flexibility, and thermal stability while offering long-lasting protection against chemical damage.
This study provides genomic and epigenomic insights into the white wax scale insect, highlighting high methylation levels and differential hormone profiles linked to its sexual dimorphism and developmental differences.
July 2012 in “International Journal of Trichology” This article discusses various aspects of hair and scalp health, ancient philosophical perspectives on hair, and causes of hair disorders in children, without reporting new clinical results.
In this study, incorporating cetirizine into transferosome formulations significantly enhanced hair growth in mice and boosted IGF-1 and VEGF levels, suggesting that this method could be a promising alternative to traditional hair growth treatments, though further studies are needed to confirm its safety and suitability.
March 2026 in “Pharmaceutics” This review discusses the potential of plant-derived nanovesicles as natural therapeutics and drug delivery platforms in cancer therapy, highlighting their versatility and promising applications, but reports no new clinical results.
This review discusses recent advances in polydopamine-based biomaterials and their growing potential in personalized medicine, but reports no new experimental results; the authors highlight both opportunities and challenges for future applications.
February 2026 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This paper reviews advancements in 3D human skin models using bioprinting, organoid, and organ-on-a-chip technologies, noting improvements in physiological realism through vascularization and multi-omics data, but also highlighting challenges such as cost and lack of standardization that hinder clinical adoption.
October 2025 in “Journal of Neurophysiology” In this study, researchers identified two types of potassium channels, BK and Kv4.2, in rat Merkel cells and reported that these channels play important roles in repolarizing action potentials and maintaining resting membrane potentials, potentially influencing tactile encoding in these cells.
August 2025 in “Processes” In this study, researchers used a network pharmacology approach to highlight significant interactions between compounds in rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) and genes related to functional dyspepsia, suggesting potential pathways for developing treatments against gastrointestinal diseases.
June 2025 in “Materials Today Bio” In diabetic mice, this study reported that the multifunctional hydrogel CPGel achieved complete wound closure in 21 days, showing promise in improving chronic wound healing through antibacterial, antioxidative, and tissue regeneration properties.
This study explored Black Sea shark liver oil-based emulgels, finding that the addition of borage oil (Gel 2) enhanced the anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties compared to shark liver oil alone (Gel 1) and a reference diclofenac gel, suggesting promising eco-friendly applications in dermatocosmetics.
January 2025 in “Medicina” This study in north Sudan found that 25% of women have traction alopecia, with the condition linked to factors like family history of pattern baldness and the use of hair color or chemicals, while increasing age was associated with a lower risk.
August 2024 in “Current Protocols” In this study, researchers described protocols using C3H/HeJ mice to reliably induce alopecia areata through full-thickness skin grafts or adoptive transfer of cultured lymphoid cells, offering valuable models for studying the disease and testing new drug therapies.
May 2024 in “International Journal of Nanomedicine” This review examined the diverse therapeutic potentials of cannabinoids, highlighting their applications in pain, neurological, and cancer treatments, and emphasized the benefits of biodegradable polymers in improving drug delivery; however, further clinical trials are needed to fully explore these potentials.
January 2022 in “Sustainable development goals series” The document concludes that significant investment in agricultural innovation is necessary to achieve global food security and nutrition.
January 2012 in “eScholarship (California Digital Library)” This article explores the life of Alice Yang, a second-generation Chinese-American, and examines how social and historical factors influenced her and her family within the broader Chinese-American experience, but it reports no new findings.
February 2023 in “Medicine in novel technology and devices” This study found that microneedle delivery of Polygonum multiflorum extract led to earlier pigmentation and hair regrowth in mice with androgenetic alopecia.
December 2022 in “Nature Communications” This study found that a new "bead-jet" printing system for mesenchymal stem cells in Matrigel beads improved skeletal muscle regeneration and skin healing in a high-density, sparse pattern.