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November 2024 in “EMBO Reports” Deleting Gpr54 speeds up hair growth and regeneration.
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March 2013 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Mutations in the ABCB6 gene cause Dyschromatosis Universalis Hereditaria.
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