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Hair loss, known as Androgenetic Alopecia, is often caused by hormones and can be diagnosed using noninvasive techniques. Treatments include topical minoxidil and oral finasteride, with new treatments being explored. There may also be a link between this type of hair loss and heart disease risk.

People with alopecia have a higher risk of thyroid cancer.

Shorter telomeres in white blood cells may increase the risk of a common type of hair loss.

Certain gene variations are linked to the thickness of cashmere goat hair.

Researchers mapped and categorized specific keratin-associated protein genes on human chromosome 21q22.1.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a poorly understood condition with increasing cases and unclear treatment effectiveness.

The document concludes that more research is needed to find effective treatments for Lichen planopilaris and Frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Skin can produce blood cells, often due to disease, which might lead to new treatments for skin and blood conditions.

The document concludes that certain genetic mutations and dietary factors are involved in acne development, and treatments like isotretinoin and diet changes can help manage it.

Ovarian SAHA syndrome makes women with PCOS more resistant to insulin and increases their risk of blood sugar problems.

Combination therapies for androgenetic alopecia work best but can have significant side effects and costs.

KRT85 gene variations can help improve wool traits in sheep through selective breeding.

Certain gut bacteria may increase or decrease the risk of male pattern baldness.

Researchers isolated and identified structural components of human hair follicles, providing a model for studying hair formation.

Trichohyalin is a protein in hair follicles that helps form hair filaments.

Hair curvature in Japanese people is linked to specific cell types and filament arrangements in the hair cortex.

Hair and wool strength is affected by the number and type of bonds in their protein structures, with hair having more protein aggregates than wool.

Keratin structure in hair is stable at pH 5-6 but disrupts between pH 6-7.

Using natural polyphenol cross-linkers like tannic acid and green tea extract in perm treatments improves curling and protects hair.

Human hair growth involves active, resting, and intermediate phases, and examining plucked hairs can teach students about hair biology and diseases.

Scientists successfully created mouse hair proteins in the lab, which are stable and similar to natural hair.

AIRE protein, defective in APECED patients, is found in skin and hair cells and interacts with cytokeratin 17.

Understanding intermediate filaments helps explain hair health and related diseases.

Mutations in specific keratin genes cause improper hair structure in mice due to faulty keratin protein assembly.

Keratin proteins are crucial for hair growth and structure.

A rare gene mutation causes skin fragility and itching without affecting hair or nails.

Disulfide bonds make keratin in hair stronger and tougher.

IMTA can help regrow hair in severe alopecia areata when JAK inhibitors don't work well.

Minoxidil caused hair regrowth, but cyproterone acetate did not maintain it.

Minoxidil can regrow hair, but cyproterone acetate doesn't help when used together.