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July 2022 in “Biomedicines” Autophagy helps keep skin healthy and may improve treatments for skin diseases.
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April 2018 in “Trends in Molecular Medicine” Lichen Planopilaris and Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia may help us understand hair follicle stem cell disorders and suggest new treatments.
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