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January 2011 in “Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE” Male mice have thicker skin, causing more light scattering than females.
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July 2024 in “Animals” A new depilation method using cold wax reduces injury and improves hair growth studies in mice.
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September 2021 in “The FASEB Journal” ACKR2 helps prevent skin scarring and hair loss by controlling inflammation.
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March 2005 in “Journal of Molecular Medicine” Certain mice without specific receptors or mast cells don't lose hair from stress.
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July 2003 in “PubMed” Lack of KSR1 stops certain skin tumors in mice.
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June 1997 in “PubMed” EGFR is essential for normal hair development and follicle differentiation.
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