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November 2007 in “Archives of Dermatology” Smoking linked to hair loss in Asian men.
Human hair keratins can self-assemble and support cell growth, useful for biomedical applications.
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PlacMA hydrogels from human placenta are versatile and useful for cell culture and tissue engineering.