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August 2024 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study demonstrated that in live rodents, actin filaments adjust their structure to facilitate membrane transfer between cellular compartments with different biophysical properties.
181 citations
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July 2004 in “Journal of controlled release” In this study, researchers found that in hairy guinea pig skin, minoxidil delivered via 40-nm nanoparticles had higher skin penetration than 130-nm nanoparticles, indicating nanoparticle size affects permeation.
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January 2022 in “Yonsei Medical Journal” This article discusses the potential of novel microneedle transdermal systems for enhanced drug and vaccine delivery through the skin, but reports no clinical results and emphasizes ongoing trials.
This review discusses the advancements and applications of multiphoton microscopy in dermatology, including its role in imaging skin disease and drug transport, and reports no new clinical results.
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September 1997 in “Dermatologic Surgery” In this paper, the authors describe a standardized micrografting technique for hair transplantation that significantly speeds up the procedure and minimizes surgical trauma, enhancing graft survival.
131 citations
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May 2015 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review explores the development and cosmeceutical applications of microneedles for skin treatment, without reporting new clinical results, emphasizing safety and public perception as key factors for commercialization.
263 citations
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February 2011 in “Journal of Controlled Release” This study found that medium-sized particles (643 and 646 nm) penetrated deeper into porcine hair follicles in vitro than smaller or larger particles, suggesting size-selective targeting within follicular sites.
August 2025 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” This preclinical study found that a machine-learning-driven strategy for fabricating microneedles with optimal hardness and rapid dissolution significantly promoted hair regrowth in androgenetic alopecia mice by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, surpassing the effects of minoxidil.
39 citations
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September 2019 in “Materials & Design” This study developed a new mask-free method using digital micromirror and microfluidic systems to create multicellular heterospheroids for drug screening, finding that heterospheroids exhibit higher drug resistance and combinatorial drugs are more effective than single drugs in cancer therapeutic applications.
80 citations
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June 2012 in “European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics” This study observed that smaller polymeric submicron particles provided more efficient selective drug delivery to inflamed skin in a mouse model, enhancing therapeutic effects while reducing systemic adverse effects.
12 citations
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November 2022 in “Cosmetics” This review discusses 3D printing developments in topical delivery systems, highlighting the potential for 3D printed microneedles to become prominent in personalized cosmetic applications, but reports no new experimental results.
February 2023 in “International Journal of Pharmaceutics” In this study, the researchers developed minoxidil cubosomes using nanotechnology, which improved drug penetration in the skin, showed greater hair growth efficacy, and reduced adverse skin reactions compared to traditional minoxidil solutions.
January 1974 in “Almogaren” This study developed a microdroplet technology to produce cell microspheres that successfully induced hair follicle regeneration in a mouse model, suggesting potential improvements in hair loss treatments.
20 citations
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April 2002 in “PubMed” In this study, mini rats with reduced growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels exhibited distinct differences in skin thickness and hair cycle compared to standard Wistar rats, suggesting potential use as an animal model for studying GH deficiency-related skin conditions.
5 citations
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March 2022 in “STAR Protocols” This article presents a protocol for using mouse tail skin to study hair follicle stem cells, enabling visualization of calcium signaling and other cellular features in various conditions but reports no new research data.
1 citations
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March 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study used confocal Brillouin microscopy to observe that a decrease in tissue compressibility occurs during the development and regeneration of axolotl limbs, suggesting mechanical changes linked to regeneration stages undetectable by fluorescence microscopy.
January 2013 in “Wool textile journal”
2 citations
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January 2020 The document describes a method for preparing hair for microscopy by embedding it in plastic, cutting it, and storing it cold before imaging.
15 citations
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February 2003 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study demonstrated that using morphometric and 3D reconstruction software to evaluate scalp biopsies in non-cicatricial alopecias may be feasible and sensitive for detecting subtle follicular changes.
July 2025 in “Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research” In this study, researchers identified the miR-22-3p/CLIC4 signaling pathway as a key regulator in hair follicle miniaturization among androgenetic alopecia models, suggesting that targeting CLIC4-mediated sonic hedgehog pathway disruption may offer new therapeutic strategies for AGA treatment.
15 citations
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April 2021 in “International Journal of Pharmaceutics” This study found that smaller mesoporous silica particles (400-600 nm) accumulated in skin furrows, suggesting their potential as carriers for enhancing the delivery of topical medications like metronidazole.
4 citations
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May 2019 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study found that patients experienced less pain when using a 1-mL syringe compared to a 3-mL syringe, despite both having the same needle size.
26 citations
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November 2005 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” TrichoScan effectively measures hair growth improvements in people using minoxidil.
January 2025 in “Advances in Clinical Medicine” This source highlights that fractional CO2 laser, as a minimally invasive technology, shows significant benefits in treating various skin and mucosal conditions by improving therapeutic outcomes, shortening recovery times, and enhancing precise personalized interventions through emerging technologies like AI and biomarker monitoring.
October 2019 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” In this study, N-MXD (minoxidil nanoparticles) was shown to deliver more drug into hair bulbs and enhance IGF-1 and VEGF levels more effectively than commercial formulations, resulting in higher therapeutic efficiency for hair growth in C57BL/6 mice.
2 citations
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December 2022 in “Bio-Design and Manufacturing” This study demonstrates that the newly developed portable reflectance confocal microscope (PRCM) offers real-time, noninvasive monitoring of wound healing processes by visualizing skin morphology in both mice and humans.
20 citations
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October 2023 in “Small” This study discusses the expanding use of microneedles beyond transdermal drug delivery, highlighting recent advancements for treating hair loss, eye diseases, and oral disorders, while emphasizing future challenges in generalizing this technology.
June 2023 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study introduces the PRECISE scale, a quantitative tool to classify androgenetic alopecia, aiming to improve planning and outcomes for hair transplantation surgeries by evaluating the whole hairless and thinning areas.