research Metastatic Embryonal Cell Carcinoma with High Testosterone and Absence of Secondary Sexual Characteristics January 2016 in “AACE Clinical Case Reports” Treatment restored normal sexual characteristics and blood condition in a patient with testicular cancer.
research Stem and cancer cells Wnt long telomeres August 2012 in “Nature Cell Biology” A pathway helps maintain long telomeres in both stem and cancer cells.
research Overexpression of Sonic Hedgehog suppresses embryonic hair follicle morphogenesis 53 citations , October 2003 in “Developmental Biology” Too much Sonic Hedgehog protein stops hair growth in embryos.
research Author response: Coordinated hedgehog signaling induces new hair follicles in adult skin December 2019 Hedgehog signaling can create new hair follicles in adult skin but may increase cancer risk.
research 1397 LSD1 is critical for epidermal development and skin barrier formation April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” LSD1 is essential for healthy skin development and creating the skin's protective barrier.
community Hair and normal skin created from human pluripotent stem cells for the first time in Update 86 upvotes 6 years ago Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create hair and skin, potentially offering a new solution for baldness. A user also mentioned starting finasteride but experiencing unexpected hair thinning.