54 citations
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March 1991 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study describes a gel-supported in vitro system for culturing skin samples that may effectively replace animal systems for toxicity testing, showing high correlation with in vivo skin toxicity measurements.
21 citations
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October 2010 in “Encyclopedia of Life Sciences” This article discusses the use of histoculture in cancer treatment, hair growth studies, and immune response research, but reports no new clinical results.
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May 2017 in “InTech eBooks” This review discusses the regenerative potential of hair follicle stem cell populations and current approaches to reconstructing folliculogenesis for alopecia therapy, but reports no new clinical results.
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August 1992 in “In vitro cellular & developmental biology” The new system can grow hair in the lab and test hair growth treatments.
5 citations
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September 2015 in “PLoS ONE” This study demonstrated that Gelfoam® histoculture supports extensive growth of both hair shafts and sensory nerves from isolated mouse whisker follicles over prolonged periods.