The new study investigated the role of vitamin A in skin cells’ lineage plasticity. Sarah Whelan, PhD Hair follicle stem cells (green) mobilize and expand (white) to help repair the skin’s barrier by differentiating into epidermal lineages (red). Credit: Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University. Retinoic acid,...
By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D.Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Low-level light therapy (LLLT) is a non-invasive technique that has been developed to promote tissue regeneration and repair.1 Interestingly, this therapy has displayed prominent effectiveness in hair growth and skin rejuvenation. Image Credit: Evgeniy Kalinovskiy/Shutterstock.com LLLT: an effective phototherapyLLLT is a phototherapeutic technique, also referred to...
Jay Croft If you’re looking to grow hair, you might just have a solution in your kitchen cabinet — if TikTok and some dermatologists are correct. Rosemary oil is good at regrowing hair in people with androgenetic alopecia, which is a common form of hair loss. The herb might also protect hair from the sun,...
Jay Croft If you’re looking to grow hair, you might just have a solution in your kitchen cabinet — if TikTok and some dermatologists are correct. Rosemary oil is good at regrowing hair in people with androgenetic alopecia, which is a common form of hair loss. The herb might also protect hair from the sun,...
Scientists may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of baldness by using a tiny RNA particle to stimulate hair growth. The study revealed that hair follicles become stiff with age, making it harder for hair to grow. However, by softening the stem cells through the production of a specific RNA called miR-205, researchers at Northwestern University...
Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Jun 6 2023 Just as people’s joints can get stiff as they age and make it harder for them to move around, hair follicle stem cells also get stiff, making it harder for them to grow hair, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. But if the hair follicle’s stem cells...
JULY 1, 2022 by Chris Melore IRVINE, Calif. — Scientists have discovered the molecular signal which triggers potent hair growth in both men and women. The discovery of this signaling molecule, SCUBE3, may finally put an end to baldness and hair loss conditions such as alopecia. Researchers from the University of California-Irvine say dermal papilla cells...
by Salk Institute Glucocorticoid hormone signal in regulatory T cells promotes hair follicle stem cell activation and new hair growth. Left: After hair loss, skin cells (blue) from a normal mouse can activate hair follicle stem cells (red). Right: Cells from mice without glucocorticoid receptors in their regulatory T cells cannot activate hair follicle stem...
Ferritin is a protein that stores iron for the body to use as needed. Many parts of the body contain ferritin, including the spleen, liver, blood, and hair follicles. When a person has a low ferritin count, they will also be low in iron. Because hair follicles contain ferritin, some people think that raising ferritin...
New uses of stem cells and 3-D printing could make baldness obsolete (for the wealthy). In the tunnels under New York, commuters squeeze into lumbering trains and try not to make eye contact with the people whose sweaty bodies are pressed against theirs. As they surrender to the will of the transit authority, their eyes wander upward...
