January 2019 in “Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University)” This research describes using advanced mass spectrometry imaging techniques to analyze gunshot residue and map molecular components in biological samples, such as tumors and mosquito ovarian follicles, at unprecedented spatial resolution and specificity.
September 2010 in “European Urology Supplements” PSA testing is a reliable method for detecting prostate cancer, and opioids may lower PSA levels, but triglycerides don't affect prostate cancer risk.
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April 2015 in “Cell” This study found that patterned hair plucking in mice triggers a collective regeneration response in nearby unplucked hair follicles via a quorum sensing mechanism involving immune signaling.
154 citations
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March 2012 in “Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology” This review re-evaluates the role of Serum Prostate Specific Antigen in prostate cancer diagnosis, suggesting it is most reliable for detecting cancer recurrences after treatment.
92 citations
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April 2021 in “Pharmaceutics” This review discusses the applications and challenges of lipid nanosystems in various fields, comparing techniques for evaluating nanoparticle properties, and reports no new experimental results.
82 citations
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September 2011 in “Quality of Life Research” This review discusses the selection of recall periods for patient-reported outcome measures based on disease attributes, highlighting that inappropriate recall periods can misestimate symptom burden and patient health states; it reports no new findings.
33 citations
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January 2005 in “Dermatology” This mini-review summarizes the Trichoscan as a sensitive tool for measuring hair growth parameters, demonstrating its effectiveness in detecting treatment response in androgenetic alopecia but noting some practical limitations.
32 citations
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December 2004 in “BMC Public Health” This study found that trained observers using the Hamilton-Norwood classification were very reliable in assessing balding patterns, while men's self-assessments were moderately accurate compared to observers.
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March 2010 in “Value in Health” This review found that the only PCOS-specific quality of life measure, the PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire, has an incomplete development history and lacks some essential measurement properties for clinical trial use.
17 citations
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July 2017 in “International Journal of Behavioral Medicine” This study validated the Egyptian Arabic version of the Skindex-16 and found that skin conditions significantly impacted patients' quality of life, particularly in the emotional domain.
11 citations
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August 2023 in “Regenerative Therapy” This study proposes a reporting guideline, CLINIC - STRA-SVF, to standardize and improve the design and reporting of clinical studies involving SVF, highlighting its safety and effectiveness despite the low level of current evidence.
10 citations
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June 2013 in “Talanta” This study demonstrated a validated UPLC method for analyzing finasteride in low-dose drug products, highlighting methanol content and flow rate as critical factors for method robustness and accuracy.
9 citations
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November 2022 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that LC-MS/MS assays provided more reliable and precise steroid measurements in human serum compared to traditional immunoassays, particularly at lower concentrations.
8 citations
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May 2025 in “Biomolecules” This review highlights the evolution of forensic genetics from basic DNA analysis to complex genome-wide studies, enabling insights into personal traits, ancestry, and habits, and suggests future advancements through technologies like CRISPR and AI.
4 citations
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July 2025 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences” This review emphasizes that collaboration between forensic anthropology and molecular anthropology could significantly improve the identification of unknown human remains by creating more comprehensive biological profiles.
4 citations
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July 2024 in “Animals” The researchers reported an optimized depilation procedure using cold wax and an extra skin protection step that minimizes injury in mice, revealing similar hair cycle kinetics across strains and supporting the use of Sv129 and B6129F1 mice in hair growth studies.
3 citations
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September 2023 in “PeerJ Computer Science” This study introduced an innovative metric for assessing college students' mental health, incorporating temporal perception and a hybrid clustering algorithm, and found it achieved over 90% accuracy, outperforming existing methods in evaluating mental health during public health challenges.
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December 2018 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This study developed a new semiquantitative grading scale for frontal and vertex androgenetic alopecia, which was found to be more sensitive and objective than existing classifications.
May 2026 in “International Journal of Technology in Education and Science” This study developed a leakage-resistant machine learning framework for classifying hair loss types, emphasizing transparency through explainable AI. Among tested models, Extreme Gradient Boosting excelled, achieving high accuracy and stability on both cross-validation and holdout datasets.
This study evaluated AI chatbots' responses to scabies-related questions, finding DeepSeek had the highest accuracy despite higher hallucination rates, while ChatGPT-5.2 provided more readable and reliable information, highlighting variability and the need for cautious use of AI in health queries.
February 2026 in “Cureus” This study validated that both tape-based and image-based methods for measuring head crown areas, and the CASLite NOVA as well as Image-Pro software for hair count, showed acceptable agreement, supporting their interchangeable use in hair care research settings.
February 2026 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” A new reliable scale improves accuracy in measuring hair density and treatment response.
May 2025 in “American Journal of Veterinary Research” Photobiomodulation did not significantly improve hair density in dogs with alopecia X.
January 2025 in “Advances in Dermatology and Allergology” This study found that the Polish version of the AA-QLI questionnaire is a reliable and internally consistent tool for assessing health-related quality of life in Polish-speaking patients with alopecia areata.
August 2024 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This study found that while DALL-E 2 can create realistic hair images from text prompts, its accuracy in depicting specific hair disorders, like alopecia areata, often falls short, highlighting the need for AI developers to work with medical experts to improve dermatological applications.
April 2024 in “American Journal of Biological Anthropology” This study suggests moving away from using rigid racial categorizations and outdated typologies in favor of analyzing detailed trait patterns, providing a foundation for future research on human variation and hair traits in relation to population affinity.
January 2024 in “Wiadomości Lekarskie” This review discusses the advantages of robotic hair transplantation using the ARTAS iX robot compared to manual Follicular Unit Extraction, emphasizing enhanced precision, speed, and hair preservation capabilities, and reports no clinical results.
October 2022 in “Hair Transplantation” This chapter reviews four innovative devices for follicular unit excision in hair restoration surgery, but it does not report new clinical results or outcomes.
October 2022 in “The Laryngoscope” The InCISE score is a promising tool for assessing wound healing in head and neck surgery but needs more research for broader use.
March 2022 in “Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences” This randomized clinical trial found that oral contraceptives containing desogestrel were associated with more adverse effects on serum lipids and blood pressure compared to those containing drospirenone in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.