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May 2008 in “Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms” Different hair growth problems are caused by genetic issues or changes in hair growth cycles, and new treatments are being developed.
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January 2020 in “Pharmaceutical Biology” Salvia plebeia extract can stimulate hair growth.
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July 2023 in “New phytologist” The BUZZ gene is important for root hair growth and overall root structure in the plant Brachypodium distachyon.
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Human scalp hair follicles have PGE2 and its receptors, which might affect hair growth.
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