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Older Black women in the UK feel more confident and engaged when their hair is visible and celebrated.

Cetaceans lost hair genes to adapt to water.

lncRNAs play a key role in hair follicle development, affecting cashmere quality and yield.

Newborn skin is uniquely prepared to adapt to new environments compared to adult skin.

The KRTAP11-1 gene promoter is crucial for specific expression in sheep wool cortex.

Bald thigh syndrome in sighthounds is caused by structural defects in hair shafts due to downregulated genes and proteins.

Some hair protein genes evolved early and were adapted for use in hair follicles.

The skin microenvironment significantly affects hair growth and loss, offering potential treatment avenues.

Afro-textured hair needs personalized care due to its unique genetic traits.

Keratins are crucial for cell stability, wound healing, and cancer diagnosis.

COVID-19 leaves 80% of patients with long-term symptoms like fatigue and headaches.

Melatonin affects many body functions beyond sleep by interacting with specific receptors in various tissues.

Human skin can make serotonin and melatonin, which help protect and maintain it.

Super-enhancers controlled by pioneer factors like SOX9 are crucial for stem cell adaptability and identity.

Human skin makes sexual hormones that affect hair growth, skin health, and healing; too much can cause acne and hair loss, while treatments can manage these conditions.

Stem cell offspring help control their parent stem cells, affecting tissue health, healing, and cancer.

TGF-β is crucial for tissue repair and can cause diseases if not properly regulated.

Alopecia areata is likely an autoimmune disease with unclear triggers, involving various immune cells and molecules, and currently has no cure.

New effective scar treatments are urgently needed due to the current options' limited success.

Memory T cells in the skin balance staying put and moving into the blood, clustering around hair follicles, and increasing in number after infection.

The WNT signaling pathway is important in many diseases and targeting it could offer new treatments.

Hair follicles are normally protected from the immune system, but when this protection fails, it can cause hair loss in alopecia areata.

The skin's internal clock affects healing, cancer risk, aging, immunity, and hair growth, and disruptions can harm skin health.

Low doses of some substances can be beneficial, while high doses can be harmful or toxic.

Male hormones like testosterone may make COVID-19 worse, and testing for sensitivity to these hormones could help predict how severe a patient's symptoms might be. Treatments that reduce these hormones are being explored.

Understanding how cells die in the skin is important for treating skin diseases and preventing hair loss.

Potassium channel openers are effective in treating heart conditions, high blood pressure, pulmonary diseases, bladder issues, and hair loss, but more selective drugs are needed.

Key genes and factors crucial for hair follicle development and wool traits in Merino sheep were identified.

Overexpressing Dsg3 in mice skin causes excessive cell growth and abnormal skin development.

Lanceolate complexes in mouse hair follicles are essential for touch and depend on specific cells for maintenance and regeneration.