November 2025 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study found that a combination of five medicinal plants traditionally used in Chinese medicine significantly improved skin repair and delayed aging markers in laboratory models, suggesting synergistic anti-aging effects over individual ingredients.
October 2025 in “Frontiers in Veterinary Science” This study found that treating secondary hair follicle stem cells from Arbas cashmere goats with 10 μg/mL quercetin for 48 hours significantly boosted cell proliferation and reduced apoptosis by activating several signaling pathways, suggesting a potential strategy to enhance cashmere production.
October 2025 in “Records of Natural Products” This research found that kaempferol, a flavonoid from hair growth-promoting plants, significantly enhanced human dermal papilla cell proliferation and inhibited specific signaling pathways, outperforming minoxidil, with topical application in mice promoting hair growth and thickness, indicating potential as a natural hair loss treatment.
October 2025 in “Animal Bioscience” This review summarizes the application of genome wide association studies and selection signature analyses in sheep and goat breeding in China, highlighting genomic regions that influence traits like reproductive performance and body size.
October 2025 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study synthesizes knowledge of how dendritic cell signals, epithelial integrins, and fibroblast activity converge on TGF-β1 to maintain or disrupt skin healing, contrasting normal and fibrotic scar formation and suggesting possible integrin and immune-targeted treatments for skin fibrosis.
September 2025 in “Arthritis Research & Therapy” In this study, researchers found that the compound BMS-470539 induced a senescence-like state in fibroblasts from systemic sclerosis patients, reducing fibrosis-associated markers in vitro and decreasing skin thickness in a mouse model of skin fibrosis, suggesting a novel therapeutic strategy for managing fibroblast-driven diseases.
September 2025 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” In this review, retinoids are highlighted as promising agents for promoting scarless skin regeneration by coordinating cellular and molecular processes that suppress fibrosis, enhance re-epithelialization, promote angiogenesis, and enable hair follicle formation, potentially advancing functional skin repair.
September 2025 in “International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences” This study found that breast cancer treatment with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or hormonal therapy led to a significant increase in blood urea and creatinine levels, indicating nephrotoxicity among non-diabetic, non-cardiac post-menopausal patients with infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
This research highlights selenium's critical roles in various biological processes and underscores the potential health impacts of both its deficiency and excess, including increased mortality risk, poor immune function, and neurological issues.
August 2025 in “Animal Bioscience” In this study, researchers examined the methylation patterns in the skin tissues of Alpine Merino sheep with varying wool fiber diameters, finding that specific methylated RNAs linked to the Wnt, Notch, and TGF-ẞ signaling pathways may influence fiber diameter and potentially improve wool quality.
This study found that intrinsic feedback loops are crucial for maintaining the function of human dermal papilla cells during hair growth, highlighting the importance of autocrine signaling and niche reprogramming for advancing hair follicle biology and regenerative therapies for hair loss.
July 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy Sciences” In this study involving 20 participants with alopecia areata, microneedling was reported to clinically improve hair density and growth in affected areas, with results starting around one month and concluding three months after the final treatment session.
June 2025 in “International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease” This study suggests that PLA2R1 overexpression in PMN affects the podocyte cycle and may involve an additional immune response, which could provide new directions for PMN treatment development.
This study found that MEIS2 expression in neural crest-derived cells is crucial for whisker and trigeminal nerve development in the mesenchyme, indicating an early role in epithelial placode formation and dermal condensation, independent of sensory innervation or Foxd1 expression.
This study tested a novel cryo-carboxy dispensing device for treating androgenetic alopecia in six volunteers and found an unexpectedly rapid and positive response, with significant hair regrowth observed by day 90, prompting early conclusion of the trial.
March 2025 in “International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Applications” This study highlights recent biological and technological strategies in anti-aging research aimed at delaying aging and related diseases, improving skin healing, and potentially restoring hair growth.
January 2025 in “Open Medicine” This study found that high-concentration cell-free adipose extract effectively reduced collagen deposition and blood vessel formation in a rabbit ear model, showing promise for preventing and treating hypertrophic scars.
November 2024 in “Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)” This report details a six-month internship experience, split between hospital and community pharmacy settings, which enhanced practical skills and theoretical knowledge in pharmaceutical care and highlighted the pharmacist's role in ensuring safe medication use.
This research describes a crucial role for Meis2 expression in mesenchymal cells derived from the neural crest for whisker formation, showing that whiskers can develop without sensory innervation or FOXD1 expression, highlighting an early function of MEIS2.
November 2024 in “PubMed” This study found that carboxytherapy significantly improved skin wrinkles, laxity, and pigmentation among 28 patients with skin aging on the abdomen, accompanied by increased epidermis and dermis thickness and no significant side effects.
October 2024 in “Consilium Medicum” This article reviews current understanding of dermal fibroblasts' structure and function, highlighting their crucial role in connective tissue formation and repair, which is important for selecting effective treatments for age-related skin changes.
This study found that inhibiting the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier in human scalp hair follicles caused metabolic stress that halted cell proliferation and disrupted key signaling pathways, with these effects partially reversed by an integrated stress response inhibitor.
This study suggests that targeting the increased expression of SIX1 in systemic sclerosis may be a viable strategy for addressing dermal fibrosis.
March 2024 in “World Academy of Sciences Journal” This narrative review explores how exercise might help maintain skin homeostasis disrupted by protein deficiency, potentially by promoting processes like increased collagen synthesis and stimulating anti-inflammatory effects, though the exact mechanisms are not entirely understood.
March 2024 in “Frontiers in endocrinology” This study reports the first case of mandibuloacral dysplasia syndrome associated with MTX2 gene mutation in the Chinese population, expanding the known spectrum of MTX2 mutations.
February 2024 in “Frontiers in physiology” This study examines the role of hair follicle stem cells in epidermal regeneration during skin soft tissue expansion, proposing a potential method for their cellular and molecular regulation.
This study examined the molecular communication in psoriasis cells, highlighting unique immune cell interactions and identifying new features of the hair follicle cell-psoriasis axis. It suggests the potential for targeted therapies at the single-cell level to improve psoriasis treatment.
January 2024 in “Theranostics” This study found that HDAC6 plays a crucial role in regulating primordial follicle activation, with its overexpression delaying activation and preserving fertility by reducing NGF levels.
This monograph reviews the historical and contemporary use of pomegranate in medicine, detailing its chemical components and applications across various medical fields including oncology, dentistry, and urology.
December 2023 in “Communications biology” This study found that inhibiting the HEDGEHOG-GLI1 pathway could reduce keloid size and gene expression, suggesting it as a potential therapeutic target for keloid pathogenesis.