August 2023 in “Military Medical Research” This review highlights that skin organoids, advanced three-dimensional models mimicking human skin, are emerging as effective alternatives to traditional culture models and human skin, overcoming limitations of two-dimensional systems and ethical concerns, and are being increasingly used in areas like developmental biology and disease modeling.
October 2022 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review discusses the development of hair-on-a-chip technology for hair follicle research and alopecia treatment, reporting no new clinical results but highlighting future research directions.
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April 2020 in “Journal of Molecular Cell Biology” This review summarizes recent advances in organoid technology for generating tissue models from the three germ layers and reports no new experimental results.
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April 2021 in “Biomedicines” This review evaluates in vitro hair follicle models, techniques, and challenges without reporting new clinical results, emphasizing their future potential in hair transplantation.
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April 2021 in “The EMBO Journal” This review discusses the role of hair follicle stem cells as active signaling centers in skin homeostasis, highlighting recent advancements and reporting no new clinical results.
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August 2023 in “Materials” This review highlights that synthetic biodegradable polymers like PVA, PCL, PLA, PLGA, PU, and PEO/PEG can address the limitations of natural polymers in wound healing, offering improved mechanical properties and slower degradation, thereby enhancing their application as wound dressings.
January 2026 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This study suggests that DcR3 can reprogram macrophages towards a reparative state, enhancing wound healing and hair follicle regeneration, making it a potential target for treating chronic wounds and alopecia.
This study found that while 3D spheroid culture preserved sweat gland cell-specific markers better than 2D culture, their growth and structural organization were suboptimal, highlighting the need for improved culture systems.
This study reviewed various methods and techniques aimed at overcoming limitations in culturing human hair follicles, specifically focusing on restoring the inductivity of hair follicle cells for successful hair regeneration.
This study used whole-genome resequencing to analyze genetic diversity and selection in 17 rabbit breeds, identifying genes linked to traits like coat color and body size, which could inform breeding and conservation efforts.
December 2023 in “Regenerative therapy” In this review, the authors reported that exosomal miRNA-based therapies showed promising therapeutic effects on nine skin diseases in animal models, with enhanced outcomes observed when using miRNA-overexpressing exosomes compared to natural ones; however, no comparisons to standard treatments were available.
Developing microRNA-based treatments is hard but has potential.
January 2024 in “Biological & clinical sciences research journal” This review of 355 articles found that apigenin, a compound found in many plants and vegetables, is mainly researched for its anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and anti-cancer properties, with enhanced efficacy when combined with allopathic drugs.
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November 2013 in “Molecular Medicine Reports” This study demonstrated that human hair follicle stem cells can be efficiently differentiated into endothelial-like cells using VEGF and bFGF, suggesting their potential as a novel cell source for vascular tissue engineering.
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March 1986 in “Clinical Cardiology” This case report describes a 31-year-old woman who developed transient heart failure during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease, highlighting that it can cause myocardial dysfunction in adults.
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April 2021 in “Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & research” This study reported that compound 16 (olean-12-en-3beta-ol, cinnamate) from Merremia peltata showed potential as an androgen receptor antagonist, suggesting it may benefit alopecia treatment based on molecular docking and ADME-Tox predictions.
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December 2015 in “Journal of Medicinal Plants Research” This study reports that a 30% ethanol extract of a plant mixture enhanced hair growth in human hair dermal papilla cells and mice, suggesting potential use in hair growth products.
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September 2007 in “International Journal of Impotence Research” This case study reports that low-dose testosterone therapy improved libido and sexual functions in a 36-year-old fragile X carrier female with hypoactive sexual desire disorder when monitored regularly for lab parameters.
January 2026 in “International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research” This case report describes a 4-year-old dog successfully managed for primary hypothyroidism and concurrent Babesia gibsoni infection, treated with thyroxine, Diminazine aceturate, antibiotics, and supportive therapies, resulting in clinical improvement and negative blood smear for Babesia by day 30.
February 2025 in “Cureus” This case report describes a 37-year-old female with non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia who presented with severe acne, progressive hair loss, and primary infertility, managed with prednisolone.
May 2024 in “Frontiers in medicine” In this study, a 3-year-old Japanese child with autosomal recessive woolly hair was found to have a distinctive irregular and rough cuticle on the hair shaft, along with a homozygous pathogenic LIPH variant, suggesting a critical role for genetic analysis in understanding rare hair conditions.
June 2023 in “Oriental Journal of Chemistry/Oriental journal of chemistry” This study demonstrated that derivatives of dehydroepiandrosterone (2a-b, 3a-f, and 4a-f) significantly reduced viable LNCaP prostate cancer cells, suggesting potential therapeutic use for metastatic prostate cancer, while finasteride did not alter cell viability.
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November 2022 in “Biosensors” This study introduced a new spectrofluorometric method using a synthesized organic fluorophore to effectively analyze darolutamide and thalidomide in pharmaceutical preparations and biofluids.
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November 2020 in “BMC Dermatology” This study identified 374 eQTLs in scalp hair follicles associated with genes involved in metabolic, mitotic, immune processes, and responses to steroid hormones, contributing insights into genetic variation and hair traits.
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May 2023 in “Plants” In this study, Allium hookeri extract increased viability and size of dermal papilla cell spheroids and reduced oxidative stress effects, potentially promoting hair growth by regulating specific protein signaling pathways in human cells.
March 2022 in “Molecules” This study found that adenosine promotes hair growth by stimulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in cultured human dermal papilla cells through activation of the adenosine receptor.
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April 2022 in “PLoS ONE” This study identified a set of tumour-suppressive microRNAs (miRNAs), termed 'normomiRs', that are highly expressed in normal tissues but low in tumors, with miR-206 and miR-381 showing significant in vitro cancer inhibition, highlighting their potential for miRNA-replacement therapies across multiple cancer types.
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December 2013 in “Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin” In this study, rice bran supercritical CO2 extract demonstrated potential to promote hair growth in mice, increasing hair follicles and growth factor expression, similarly to 3% minoxidil.
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July 2012 in “Stem Cells Translational Medicine” In this study, VD(3) pretreatment increased hair follicle formation in a rat model by promoting dermal papilla cell differentiation, suggesting potential for hair regeneration therapy.
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February 2023 in “PLoS ONE” This study developed a triple drug delivery system using nanoparticles loaded with 5-fluorouracil, curcumin, and piperine to target breast tumors, demonstrating notable in vitro cytotoxicity and anti-metastatic potential in 3D tumor spheroids which suggests its promise for further preclinical evaluation.