May 2026 in “AAPS PharmSciTech” This study found that PEGylated LUT-Aspasomes significantly improved neuroprotective effects in stressed rats, enhancing spatial memory, reducing depressive-like behavior, and preserving hippocampal architecture better than free luteolin. Additionally, it increased brain delivery and stability, suggesting potential for treating stress-related neurobehavioral disorders.
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Follicular unit grafting is a procedure used to treat hair loss, where small hair grafts are placed into the scalp, with future treatments likely to involve smaller incisions and cell-based therapies.
March 2015 in “Plastic and reconstructive surgery” This chapter reviews the skin's structure and its clinical relevance, highlighting connective tissue diseases and the potential for novel treatments like protein, cell, or stem cell transfer, but reports no new findings.
March 1997 in “The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery” A new hair transplant method showed promising results and a study found how deep a CO₂ laser can penetrate skin.
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April 2003 in “Biomaterials” In this study, BS and BO combined showed a synergistic effect in enhancing wound healing in rat skin lesions compared to using either alone or Flamazine®.
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July 2014 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review explores the relationship between hair follicles and wound healing, emphasizing the importance of translating scientific findings into practical therapies for chronic wounds, but it reports no new experimental results.
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March 1986 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” Scalp hair grows at 0.37 mm/day, forearm hair at 0.18 mm/day, and thigh hair at 0.30 mm/day, with no significant differences found in people with certain hair conditions.
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February 2022 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that CD26+ fibroblasts are crucial for effective extracellular matrix production and achieving rapid epidermal and dermal homeostasis in human tissue-engineered skin substitutes transplanted onto rodents.
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December 2011 in “Drug Research” This study found that cortexolone 17α-propionate showed strong topical antiandrogenic activity, outperforming progesterone and several known antiandrogens, but lacked systemic antiandrogenic effects in animal models.
December 2025 in “The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology” This study found that the prenatal skin development in Red Sokoto goats undergoes significant morphological changes across gestational stages, which may be important for their adaptation and thermoregulation after birth.
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January 2011 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” This review discusses various surgical methods for treating baldness and reports no new results, focusing instead on the evolution and current roles of these techniques.
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December 1996 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” The authors concluded that chronic telogen effluvium in middle-aged women presents distinct clinical and histological features that differ from androgenetic alopecia and acute telogen effluvium.
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September 2002 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified a distinct "exogen" phase in the hair cycle during which hair shedding occurs, primarily coupled with the anagen phase, rather than as part of the telogen phase.
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March 2010 in “Infectious Disease Clinics of North America” The document concludes that rapid identification, isolation, and strict infection control are crucial to manage SARS outbreaks.
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June 2008 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article reviews major types of genetic hair shaft defects and associated syndromes, emphasizing understanding histologic features and diagnostic methods, but reports no new clinical findings.
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March 2011 in “The American Journal of Dermatopathology” This study found that permanent alopecia can occur after certain chemotherapy treatments and presents as nonscarring hair loss similar to androgenetic alopecia, with specific histological features that could be misdiagnosed without proper clinicopathological correlation.
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November 2015 in “Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology” This chapter reviews keratins in skin epithelia, including their roles in cellular function and disease, and reports no new experimental results.
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November 1998 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” This review provides a framework for diagnosing acquired scalp alopecias and discusses both non-scarring and scarring types, but reports no new clinical results.
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March 2007 in “Skin Research and Technology” In this study, researchers developed a non-invasive method to distinguish exogen hair from telogen hair on the human scalp, finding that normal exogen hair levels are generally less than seven hairs per cm².
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September 2012 in “Wound Repair and Regeneration” This study found that the application of calreticulin significantly improved wound healing time and quality in diabetic mice, suggesting it may be an effective topical treatment for chronic wounds.
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August 2015 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This review discusses the side effects and diseases related to hairstyles and hair treatments among black women, highlighting the need for thorough examination by dermatologists, but reports no new clinical results.
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June 2016 in “Pediatric Dermatology” This review discusses the prognosis and treatment options for hair shaft disorders, finding no studies but suggesting some disorders improve with specific treatments like minoxidil and retinoids, while gentle hair care remains essential.
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November 2013 in “Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science” This study observed that glycine inhibited root growth and stimulated root hair development in habanero pepper seedlings, with ethylene signaling suggested to mediate these effects.
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January 2015 in “Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine” This study found that ethanol extracts of Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng significantly promoted hair growth in mice, possibly by increasing IGF-1 expression.
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November 2022 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” This review discusses the limitations of current hair classification systems and highlights the need for standardized reporting of key hair characteristics to improve study comparisons; it reports no new results.
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September 2014 in “European Journal of Dermatology” This study found a significant positive correlation between hair thickness and growth rate, with a notably slower growth rate observed in men with male pattern hair loss compared to healthy controls.
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December 2015 in “Asian pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine” In this study, the aqueous extract from Phthirusa pyrifolia leaves significantly decreased testosterone levels in male Wistar rats without causing liver or kidney damage, suggesting potential effects on libido and reproduction.
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November 2014 The skin protects the body, regulates temperature, senses touch, and makes vitamin D.
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January 2013 in “Elsevier eBooks” The document explains the genetic causes and characteristics of inherited hair disorders.