A team of researchers from Japan studying the processes of hair follicle growth and hair pigmentation has successfully generated hair follicles in cultures, by controlling epithelial-mesenchymal ...

Hair follicle infections are often difficult to treat because bacteria settle in the gap between hair and skin, where it is difficult for active substances to reach them. In order to investigate this ...

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) plays a pivotal role in directing glutamine synthesis, which is essential for follicle development and the regulation of ovulation. FSH promotes the synthesis of ...

Hair follicles, however, present a potential pathway to enter the skin’s deeper layers. In a new study, researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, created a gel made of tiny spheres of ...

Hair loss has always been emotionally loaded, but the science behind it is becoming unusually exciting. A wave of new drugs, ...