October 2023 in “Cognizance journal” This study explores using agent-based modeling and nutrition science to predict and treat oral and dental diseases as alternatives to traditional incarceration for managing criminal behavior, but results are not reported.
June 2005 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The journal emphasizes the importance of combining basic and clinical science to improve health.
1 citations
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July 2024 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” In this study, researchers used advanced infrared microspectroscopy techniques to map the chemical composition of human hair, revealing new insights such as the presence of glycogen in the outer root sheath and the widespread distribution of calcium carboxylates in the hair cuticle.
September 2001 in “PubMed” This study developed a non-destructive X-ray fluorescence technique to quantitatively analyze elemental content in human hair and constructed a database of element concentrations in healthy Swedish, Caucasian individuals.
12 citations
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June 2006 in “British Journal of Sports Medicine” This article reviews the history and current medicolegal challenges of doping in sports, focusing on FIFA's procedures and three urgent legal issues, but presents no new findings.
1 citations
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November 1976 in “Archives of Dermatology” This article discusses the role of clinical observation and microscopic correlation in American dermatology training and reports no new clinical results.
30 citations
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July 2000 in “PubMed” This study used advanced analytical techniques to reveal that proteins and lipids are distributed unevenly in hair, with distinct structural differences depending on their location within the fiber.
19 citations
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March 1998 in “Microchimica Acta” 2 citations
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January 2004 in “AIP conference proceedings” This study suggests that hair analysis detecting trace elements like copper and iron may help in screening for diseases such as hepatocellular carcinoma and osteoporosis, due to altered element concentrations in patients.
38 citations
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October 2011 in “Analytical biochemistry” This study used proteomic techniques to analyze human hair proteins, revealing keratin heterogeneity and identifying posttranslational modifications, such as cysteine trioxidation and methylation.
29 citations
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August 2011 in “PubMed” This study describes how shotgun proteomics can identify over 300 proteins in hair shafts, potentially allowing for the diagnosis of diseases through noninvasive human proteome sampling.
15 citations
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May 2013 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” This study found that while ethnic hair types share a common fibrous keratin structure, variations in keratin-associated proteins and lipids may lead to different macroscopic hair characteristics.
February 2025 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This analysis highlighted the importance of integrating scientific literacy into chemical hair procedures, emphasizing that understanding the interaction of chemical agents with hair's biological structure and making evidence-based decisions can improve safety, predictability, and professional standards in the beauty industry.
January 2020 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” This review reports an increasing trend in sperm DNA fragmentation research over the past 20 years, with a focus on lifestyle, asthenozoospermia, and varicocele, and highlights the TUNEL technique as widely used.
January 1980 in “中国科学A辑(英文版)” This study found that the molecular structures of α-keratin and collagen in a 2,100-year-old female cadaver's hair and tendon were preserved, while fibrous molecule aggregations were altered.
5 citations
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January 2007 in “Lincoln (University of Nebraska)” These investigations described in the study demonstrate how geochemical techniques can be applied to biological studies in Yellowstone, finding significant mercury accumulation in trout and grizzly bears which correlates with hydrothermal sources.
5 citations
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January 1976 in “Acta Dermato Venereologica” This study found that sodium and potassium hair levels may serve as sex-specific indicators, with slight differences in copper and iron content between males and females, particularly during the female reproductive period.
51 citations
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September 2020 in “Nucleic Acids Research” This article introduces signatureSearch, a software package designed for gene expression signature searching and functional enrichment analysis, but reports no new clinical results.
August 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that combining optical clearing methods with light-sheet fluorescence microscopy allows detailed 3D visualization of normal and pathological human skin biopsies, revealing differences in epidermal thickness and volume.
11 citations
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November 2001 in “Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications” This review discusses various chromatographic methods for analyzing finasteride in biological fluids and provides no clinical findings, focusing on detection techniques for different concentration levels.
1 citations
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January 2015 in “Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics” This review examines the effects of various factors on the molecular and nanostructural ordering of human hair, highlighting its potential as a diagnostic material for environmental and public health monitoring, but reports no new experimental results.
2 citations
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January 1976 in “Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)” This study found that sodium and potassium levels in scalp hair might be sex-specific indicators, while females had slightly higher copper and iron levels, particularly during the reproductive period.
1 citations
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November 2004 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” In this study, synchrotron-powered infrared microscopy revealed that hair follicles are a favored penetration pathway for cyanophenol and ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate in human skin, without altering protein secondary structure.
33 citations
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June 1995 in “International journal of legal medicine” This study observed that prolonged water or soil exposure can lead to significant reductions in drug levels in bleached and natural hair samples.
18 citations
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March 2010 in “Therapeutic Drug Monitoring” This study developed a faster method to analyze fatty acid ethyl esters in human hair, potentially distinguishing alcohol consumption levels more efficiently.
March 2023 in “MDPI eBooks” This reprint reviews 14 papers on advances in solid-phase microextraction techniques for bioanalysis, reporting no new results.
August 2007 in “Microscopy and Microanalysis” Hair fibers break by cuticle cell slipping, shape changing, cuticle fraying, and surface cracking when stretched under specific conditions.
January 2017 in “Durham e-Theses (Durham University)” This study developed new label-free imaging methods to analyze human hair, identifying distinct chemical environments within cuticle layers and changes in hair structure caused by depilatories, while showing that the treatments tested did not significantly affect skin cell differentiation or proliferation.
1 citations
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March 2012 in “Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B” This study developed methods for detecting carboxy-finasteride in urine for doping control, demonstrating detection up to 49 hours post-administration with high precision and accuracy.