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September 2020 in “Pakistan Journal of Zoology” Adult Red Sindhi cattle have thicker skin and more developed skin features than young cattle.
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October 2009 in “Cancer research” Disrupting Stat3 in hair follicle stem cells greatly reduces skin tumor formation.
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