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Human hair keratins can self-assemble and support cell growth, useful for biomedical applications.
January 1990 in “Springer eBooks” Some chemicals can permanently or temporarily remove color from skin and hair, which can be distressing and is not well-regulated in cosmetics.
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May 2020 in “International journal of biological macromolecules” Certain treatments can increase protein binding to natural hair but are less effective on permed hair.
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Human hair keratins can be turned into useful 3D biomedical scaffolds through a freeze-thaw process.
August 2019 in “Research Square (Research Square)” Certain long non-coding RNAs in cashmere goats affect hair growth when treated with a specific growth factor.
May 2019 in “International journal of advanced chemistry” The green cream safely slowed hair growth by 25%.
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