Jan. 4, 2023 Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison ...
Sep. 26, 2022 Researchers are developing new ways to study why an antibiotic causes hair cell death and permanent hearing loss in ...
June 30, 2022 Researchers have discovered that a signaling molecule called SCUBE3 potently stimulates hair growth and may offer a therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia, a common form of hair loss in both ...
June 23, 2022 Scientists have uncovered an unexpected molecular target of a common treatment for alopecia, a condition in which a person's immune system attacks ...
May 4, 2022 Hearing loss due to aging, noise and certain cancer drugs has been irreversible, because scientists have not been able to reprogram existing cells to develop into the outer and inner ear sensory ...
Mar. 9, 2022 Researchers have examined what factors drive hair variation in a wild population of lemurs known as Indriidae. Specifically, the researchers aimed to assess the impacts of climate, body size and ...
Sep. 21, 2021 Researchers have uncovered a molecular mechanism behind why obesity can lead to hair thinning. They found that stem cells within hair follicles in mice given a high-fat diet behaved differently from ...
Aug. 11, 2021 Although some people say that baldness is the 'new sexy,' for those losing their hair, it can be distressing. An array of over-the-counter remedies ...
Mar. 16, 2021 Researchers have identified a novel mechanism underlying hair thinning and loss during aging. By studying cell division of hair follicle stem cells in young and aged mice, the researchers found that ...
Feb. 10, 2021 Scientists have recently developed ways to grow a variety of useful items in laboratories, from meat and diamonds to retinas and other organoids. A team has been working on ways to regenerate lost ...