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Forensic hair analysis for drugs is now more reliable and accurate.

Researchers developed a method to identify animal fibers in textiles, which works on processed and blended materials.

Patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome often get misdiagnosed due to a wide range of symptoms, including immune system problems and bone abnormalities.

People with certain skin disorders are more likely to have alcohol problems, especially if they also have mental health issues like depression and anxiety.

Some mutant mice have hair with abnormal cross-linking, mainly in the cuticle, not affecting other hair parts.

Copper and iron cause keratin damage in hair by converting methionine to homocysteine.

Genetic mutations that disrupt homocysteine breakdown lead to increased damage in mouse hair keratin.

Polymer JR400 sticks to hair but washes off with detergent.

Trichothiodystrophy hair is structurally abnormal with protein and organization issues.

Two mouse mutants have defective hair cuticle cross-linking.

A new mutation in the human glucocorticoid receptor reduces its function and causes resistance to glucocorticoids.

Minoxidil decreases LH expression, while hydralazine has mixed effects on prolyl and lysyl hydroxylase activities.

New methods like nanoparticles and microneedles show promise for better skin drug delivery, especially for hair disorders.

Human hair protein extracts can protect skin cells from oxidative stress.

Finasteride modifies 5-alpha-reductases through a two-step process, affecting inhibitor potency and possibly causing side effects.

A tough membrane between the outer and inner layers of human hair protects it from damage.

New method accurately measures finasteride and M3 in urine, helping evaluate pharmacokinetics.

Non-ionic silicone emulsion best protects hair color from sunlight.

Method accurately measures finasteride concentration in medicine.

Certain genes controlled by OVOL1 are crucial for creating new hair follicles.

Permed hair degrades faster and shows more damage after protease treatment compared to untreated hair.

Wnt5a may slow down hair growth in mice.

Elastic Net DNA methylation clocks are inaccurate for predicting age and health status; a "noise barometer" may better indicate aging and disease.

Melatonin may help with nerve pain, a hepatitis C drug is effective but has side effects, a treatment for mouth sores works but can cause blood issues, ear reconstruction with an implant is safe, HIV transmission from mother to child in Taiwan is now 0% with treatment, certain blood problems are more common in people with a tongue condition, a gene and being overweight are linked to hair loss in some women, a new technique could reduce radiation for lung nodule patients, a hepatitis treatment may lower cancer recurrence after a procedure, and adding extra screening improves tuberculosis detection in patients with lung infections.

The hexosamine pathway helps protect skin cells from stress and may improve skin and hair health.

A 19-year-old male with delayed puberty was successfully treated for a condition that prevents normal hormone production.

Type 2 diabetes in youth is increasing, with high treatment failure rates and more severe than Type 1; certain drugs can lower lipid levels effectively with varying side effects, and apples may benefit heart health like statins but with fewer side effects.

Mf-rich hair degrades more than Ma-rich hair, especially with Proteinase K.

Finasteride for hair loss may cause erectile dysfunction due to tissue fibrosis, and various factors contribute to female sexual dysfunction.

Prostate cancer cells can make their own androgens to activate the androgen receptor, and treatments like abiraterone may increase this ability, suggesting new therapies should target the entire steroid-making pathway.