May 2026 in “The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)” Mare and foal hair cortisol levels are strongly linked, indicating potential for assessing fetal health and stress.
July 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy Sciences” The human amniotic membrane is a promising material for skin treatments and hair growth.
November 2025 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” A new method helps find proteins in hair to identify fetal growth issues.
26 citations
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February 2016 in “Respiratory Medicine” Auto-antibody testing is a useful but not definitive tool in diagnosing interstitial lung diseases, and using a specific algorithm could make testing more cost-effective.
November 2025 in “Analytical Chemistry” A new method improves protein extraction from hair, helping identify potential biomarkers for fetal growth issues.
56 citations
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March 2017 in “Plant and Cell Physiology” Light sheet fluorescence microscopy effectively measures calcium changes in Arabidopsis root hairs.
3 citations
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June 2019 in “Asian Journal of Medical Sciences” A new method improves stem cell harvest from umbilical cords, reducing time and cost.
The right balance of Myo-Inositol to D-Chiro-Inositol in follicular fluid is crucial for good egg and embryo quality.
22 citations
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December 2016 in “PloS one” A specific protein in chicken embryos links early skin layers to feather development.
January 2004 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” All-trans retinoic acid helps amelanotic melanocytes in hair follicles develop and produce pigment while reducing their growth.
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December 1983 in “Canadian journal of zoology” Heterotypic cell contacts likely help hair matrix cells differentiate during mouse hair follicle development.
May 2010 in “Europe PMC (PubMed Central)” Near-infrared probes can safely and effectively image cysteine protease activity for disease diagnosis.
11 citations
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September 1996 in “Neuroscience letters” Adding fetal calf serum helps Merkel cells survive and change shape.
April 2026 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” Tmem30b is essential for hearing by maintaining hair cell structure in the ear.
Retinoic acid can change skin development, like turning scales into feathers or forming glands.
28 citations
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June 2003 in “Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology” Combining cell conditioning with mild protease digestion effectively shows versican mRNA in mouse skin sections.
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October 2025 in “Journal of Visualized Experiments” The method creates skin organoids with hair follicles for research on skin conditions and treatments.
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” The research identified unique metabolic activities in immune cells associated with hair loss in Alopecia Areata.
January 2024 in “Biochemical genetics” The research found specific genes and proteins that affect how fast chickens' feathers grow, which is not solely determined by traditional inheritance patterns.
5 citations
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May 2023 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Integrin α6 helps identify different neural crest cell types in the skin.
20 citations
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December 2010 in “Journal of Morphology” Lizard claws have hair-like keratins similar to those in mammals.
13 citations
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June 2020 in “BMC genomics” A specific microRNA, chi-miR-30b-5p, slows down the growth of hair-related cells by affecting the CaMKIIδ gene in cashmere goats.
11 citations
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January 2022 in “Methods in cell biology” 46 citations
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August 2012 in “Experimental Dermatology” Engineered skin can grow chimeric hair follicles only with mouse dermal papilla cells.
2 citations
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June 2013 in “In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal” Melanocytes from human fetal hair follicles were successfully cultured, showing potential for hair disease research and clinical use.
2 citations
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October 2019 in “The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine” AMH is a reliable marker for diagnosing PCOS.
November 2024 in “International Journal of Dermatology” LC-OCT is a useful noninvasive tool for diagnosing and monitoring alopecia areata.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Calcium signals and SHH guide the direction of feather growth in chicken skin.
4 citations
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December 2022 in “Frontiers in cell and developmental biology” Zebrafish larvae are used to study and find treatments for ear cell damage because they are easier to observe and test than mammals.
January 2026 in “British Journal of Dermatology” The ATP assay can measure skin microbiome changes and recovery, with ethanol-treated skin taking longer to recover than tape-stripped skin.