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This study found that curcumin spanlastics demonstrated greater antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer activities in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line compared to curcumin alone or curcumin nanocrystals, also affecting several cancer-related protein markers and showing enhanced solubility and activity.

This review discusses the principles, materials, and applications of melt electrowriting-based 4D printing for creating biomimetic scaffolds, but reports no new clinical results; it highlights recent advancements and remaining challenges in the field.

The hydrogel helps heal wounds without scars by releasing two drugs gradually.

This review discusses the potential of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) as next-generation therapeutics, noting their ability to overcome biological barriers and modulate cellular environments for various diseases.

This review discusses how nanospanlastics, a type of ultra deformable vesicular nanocarrier, could enhance glaucoma management by improving the delivery and effectiveness of intraocular pressure-lowering agents, tackling adherence challenges, and advancing targeted therapies, according to the authors.

This study reviewed 16 notable drug repurposing patent applications from 2025, highlighting potential new uses such as guanfacine for autonomic dysfunction and disulfiram for subarachnoid hemorrhage survival, though many disclosures lack peer-reviewed studies and no patents are granted.

This review discusses the potential for surface-modified nanostructured lipid carriers to enhance hair regrowth by improving drug absorption and stability, focusing on their use with agents like minoxidil and finasteride for hair loss treatment.

This study found that administering testosterone increased the expression of sexual behavior and elevated serum testosterone and DHT levels in female capuchin monkeys, hinting at potential insights into testosterone use and its risks in humans.

This study found that vimentin is essential for proper wound healing and cell growth by influencing EMT signaling and mTOR activity in mice.

This article reviews EU cosmetic product claim regulations and highlights increased harmonization and enforcement while reporting no new results.

This review discusses how menopause and hormone replacement therapy affect skin aging in women but reports no new clinical findings.

In this study, the researchers reported that chloramphenicol-loaded liposomes, particularly those incorporating deoxycholic acid, enhanced follicular uptake and showed strong antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, offering potential for treating MRSA-infected skin conditions with good skin biocompatibility and minimal toxicity.

This study found that low-frequency sonophoresis significantly decreased the skin penetration of sodium fluorescein-loaded PEGylated liposomes with D-limonene and affected percutaneous absorption by partially plugging hair follicle orifices.

This study developed a 3D computational model to simulate how skin, fat, and muscle deform under suction, reporting that as suction pressure increased, skin thickness decreased, while fat thickness increased, and muscle thickness remained stable, closely aligning with experimental results.

This mini-review highlights emerging themes on how tissue stiffness, a fundamental material property, influences morphogenetic processes in living organisms, an area gaining increased attention alongside the role of mechanical forces in shaping cell behavior.

In this study, researchers developed a method using stencils to create controlled stiffness gradients in alginate hydrogels, revealing that stiffer regions within the gels promote deeper invasion by breast cancer cells, facilitating the study of mechanosensitive cellular behaviors.

This review re-examines hair blowouts as a material science process, where water acts as a plasticizer altering keratin's glass-transition temperature, allowing for temporary hair shaping through a moisture-induced matrix state change under heat and tension.

This study reported that 4D-printed, aliphatic polycarbonate-based scaffolds supported adipose tissue engineering by allowing adipocyte infiltration and neovascularization in vivo, indicating potential for effective adipose tissue repair.

This paper argues that the Equality Act's definition of 'disfigurement' should include a wider range of appearance-altering conditions beyond just scarring, due to overlaps with appearance and disability concepts.

This study reports that the newly developed SA-Ca(II) hydrogel has tunable mechanical properties, high biocompatibility, and potential applications in wearable protections and stimuli-responsive electronics.

Mechanical stretching can improve or hinder skin regeneration depending on duration.

This study developed a sensitive method for assessing hair keratin stretch elasticity modulus, suggesting potential applications in forensic medicine.

This study found that the weak tensile strength of pili torti hair may result from loose keratin intermediate filaments due to abnormalities in disulfide bonds.

This study observed that dermal papilla cell aggregates showed increased viability and gene expression on softer 3D substrates, indicating the importance of substrate stiffness in cellular behavior.

This study explores torsional measurements of single hair fibers to differentiate the effects of cosmetic treatments on hair structure, highlighting their potential to reveal shear stiffness changes related to cuticle damage.

This study introduces a new test using a pendulum device to assess the bending stiffness of hair fibers, which can evaluate the effects of different hair treatments.

This study introduced a rapid rehydration approach for creating customizable, multifunctional hydrogel sensors, enabling precise detection of surface deformations and easy integration of layers, highlighting its potential for standardized and adaptable manufacturing of wearable devices.