January 2024 in “Regenerative Biomaterials” In this study, researchers developed a biodegradable microneedle made of hyaluronic acid, intended to enhance drug delivery through the skin's stratum corneum and potentially promote hair growth by overcoming the skin's barrier function in alopecia treatment.
April 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study identifies key transcriptomic features and a necessary dermal niche for eccrine gland development, advancing potential regenerative approaches for these vital skin appendages.
April 2023 in “Egyptian journal of Immunology” This study found that human platelet lysate supported mesenchymal stem cell growth as effectively as fetal bovine serum, while fetal bovine serum was more effective for hepatocyte proliferation.
January 2023 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study suggests that measuring cortisol levels in hair may serve as a useful biomarker for assessing mood in individuals with bipolar disorder over recent months.
This study suggests that pre-trained Transformers only outperform syntactic and lexical neural networks on unseen DarkNet sentences after extreme domain adaptation, indicating unexpected advantages from their massive pre-training corpora.
December 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that inducing miR-205 reduces actin contractility and stiffness in hair follicle stem cells and progenitors, stimulating hair regeneration in both young and old mice.
This study demonstrated that cryogelation of human hair keratin allows the development of 3D scaffolds with tunable properties, supporting cell adhesion and proliferation for potential biomedical applications.
June 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study discovered that the gene Tfap2b identifies a melanocyte stem cell population in zebrafish, essential for regenerating melanocytes with multi-fate potential into adult pigment cells.
January 2021 in “arXiv (Cornell University)” This study found that self-supervised pretraining significantly improves accuracy in medical image classifiers for dermatology and chest X-ray tasks, outperforming supervised baselines and showing robustness to distribution shifts with limited labeled data.
January 2018 in “Elsevier eBooks” This chapter reviews various in vitro and laboratory animal models for studying potential therapies for alopecia and reports no new results.
May 2017 in “Journal of microscopy and ultrastructure” This notice states that the article has been withdrawn due to the journal's transfer to a new publisher and reports no research findings.
December 2016 in “University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)” This study suggests that the adrenal gland may contribute to prostate cancer treatment resistance and indicates potential steroid production or dependency in ovarian cancer.
January 2015 in “D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh)” This dissertation investigated barriers to clinical translation of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell-based vascular grafts, highlighting issues with thrombosis in diabetic patients and proposing alternative cell sources to improve applicability.
This study reported that high cholesterol levels were linked to increased prostate cancer risk, while selenium supplementation affected gene expression, suggesting nutritional and clinical factors might influence prostate cancer risk and biology.
January 2006 in “mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich)” This study found that carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of cattle hair reflects dietary and farm system differences, offering insights into cattle nutritional ecology and agroecosystem characteristics.
January 1983 in “Side effects of drugs annual” This chapter reviews adverse effects of anti-anginal and beta-blocker drugs, stating that starting a beta-blocker may temporarily affect driving ability, but it reports no new clinical findings.
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December 2011 in “Fertility and sterility” This consensus report reviews current knowledge and identifies knowledge gaps concerning the various health aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome, without presenting new clinical findings.
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April 2010 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism” This review examines the relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk, but reports no new clinical findings; the panel calls for guidelines to prevent CVD in this population.
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September 2014 in “Menopause” The NAMS 2014 recommendations guide healthcare providers on treating health issues in midlife women, emphasizing individualized care and informed decision-making.
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November 2003 in “Clinical endocrinology” This review discusses the complex etiology of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), highlighting its association with insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism, but reports no clinical findings; the authors suggest further investigation of the pathophysiological mechanisms.
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January 2013 in “Nature Cell Biology” Understanding where cancer cells come from helps create better prevention and treatment methods.
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February 2015 in “Nature Communications” Fungi-produced compounds can change plant root growth.
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December 2007 in “BJCP. British journal of clinical pharmacology/British journal of clinical pharmacology” This study demonstrated that hair follicles significantly expedite the absorption of caffeine through the skin compared to interfollicular pathways.
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September 2001 in “European Journal of Cancer Care” This literature study reviews the consequences of hair loss due to chemotherapy and nursing care interventions but reports no new clinical results.
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December 2007 in “Gender Medicine” This review discusses recent advances in understanding gender differences in skin and their implications for dermatologic diseases, but it reports no new experimental results; ongoing research is necessary for translating these insights into clinical practice.
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February 2013 in “Surgical Infections” This review discusses the historical and modern use of silver for reducing infections and aiding healing in burns, wounds, and medical devices, noting its benefits and limitations in various applications.
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April 2009 in “Molecular Pharmaceutics” This study reports that three synthesized PSMA-targeted radioimaging agents demonstrated high affinity and specific localization to prostate cancer tumors in a mouse model, highlighting their potential for cancer detection and monitoring.
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February 2010 in “The journal of allergy and clinical immunology/Journal of allergy and clinical immunology/The journal of allergy and clinical immunology” This review outlines the advancements in organ and tissue transplantation since the discovery of the human MHC and reports no new clinical results.
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January 2017 in “International journal of nanomedicine” This study found that Na CMC hydrogel loaded with PEG-coated silver nanoparticles demonstrated superior antibacterial and wound-healing efficacy compared to commercial silver sulfadiazine cream in a wound-healing model.
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May 2009 in “Journal of Neuroscience” In this study, researchers found that in late pregnancy, the neuroactive progesterone metabolite allopregnanolone inhibits HPA axis responses to immune challenges via an opioid-mediated mechanism.