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April 2009 in “International journal of oncology” Hair follicle cells resist turning into skin cells.
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March 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Researchers created immortal human skin cells with constant testosterone receptor activity to study hair loss and test treatments.
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