Sentences with phrase «hair follicle development»
The full readout of what genes are on and off in dermal papilla cells has never been collected before, so researchers now have a new list of thousands of genes to study further that may play key roles in hair follicle development.
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With the harvested follicles, investigators such as James V. («Vince») Gruber, global director of research and development at Lonza Consumer Care, can test the effectiveness of new hair and skin products without relying on laboratory animals.
Prof. Jean - Christophe Marine (VIB - KU Leuven): «Unexpectedly, this ability to divide and contribute to melanoma development contrasted with the activities of other cell populations, such as melanocyte stem cells found in hair follicles, for instance.
In a review of 19 studies, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they can confirm a «strong association» between certain scalp - pulling hairstyles — many common among African - Americans — and the development of traction alopecia, gradual hair loss caused by damage to the hair follicle from prolonged or repeated tension on the hair root.
More than 100 genes are thought to influence the development of the hair follicle.
Understanding how IRF4 influences hair greying could help the development of new cosmetic applications that change the appearance of hair as it grows in the follicle by slowing or blocking the greying of hair.
In the study, Stephen Maricich and colleagues identified a subpopulation of Atoh1 - expressing cells in hair and whisker follicles within mouse skin that exclusively give rise to Merkel cells during development and adulthood.
This is caused by a higher - than - usual amount of hair follicles being in the dormant phase of development than in the growth phase.
Additionally, thyroid hormone is important for the growth and development of the hair follicles and without adequate thyroid hormone the hair can become very dry and brittle (8).