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January 1990 in “Skin Pharmacology and Physiology” The method and source of keratinocytes affect the structure of reconstructed skin.
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March 1999 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” Trichoepitheliomas and some basal cell carcinomas likely come from hair follicle stem cells.
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January 1987 in “Electrophoresis” Keratin proteins are consistent across different hair types from the same person.
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April 2000 in “Mammalian Genome” A new mutation in mice causes crooked whiskers and messy hair.
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