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March 2010 in “Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters” Curcumin and its derivatives can block an enzyme important for making testosterone, with one derivative being particularly strong.
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January 2017 in “Hair therapy & transplantation” Topical zinc-thymulin is safe and effective for treating male pattern baldness.
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February 2016 in “Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics” Hair follicle samples effectively show how well the drug MK-0752 targets and engages with the Notch pathway.
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January 1997 in “Dermatology” Two siblings were diagnosed with Trichothiodystrophy, identified by brittle hair and low sulfur content.
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February 2019 in “Molecular genetics and metabolism” The combination of tadalafil and finasteride improves urinary symptoms and erectile function in men with enlarged prostates.
January 2015 in “Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform)” Compound 1 showed promising anticancer activity.
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November 2022 in “Frontiers in molecular biosciences” Plasmalogens activate a channel in cells that may stimulate hair growth.
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April 2023 in “Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (Universidade de São Paulo)” Mesenchymal stem cells from laser-assisted liposuction are as effective and safe as those from conventional liposuction for cell therapy.
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January 2008 in “Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin” t-Flavanone may help hair growth by reducing a specific protein's activity in skin cells.
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March 2023 in “Journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry” Unripe fruits of three banana species have many health-boosting compounds useful for medicine.
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October 2015 in “The American journal of pathology” Mice with a mutated Dsg3 gene showed severe symptoms but not the typical blistering of pemphigus vulgaris.
January 2005 in “Seibutsu Butsuri/Seibutsu butsuri” Chemical treatments damage hair more than UV exposure, making it thinner and less flexible.
November 2023 in “Bioengineering” AMT® is effective and safe for early-stage knee osteoarthritis.
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January 2016 in “Indian dermatology online journal” A 25-year-old man with multiple skin tumors was successfully treated with acitretin and methotrexate.
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November 2015 in “Research Journal of Medicinal Plant” Tridax procumbens extracts can harm cell division and increase cell death in onion roots.
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October 2025 in “Cancer” PROTACs offer a new, precise way to treat cancer by breaking down harmful proteins.
January 2011 in “Reactions Weekly” Long-term use of minoxidil may cause hair follicles to transform into noticeable terminal hairs, leading to trichostasis spinulosa.
The transporter protein SH1446 in Staphylococcus hominis is key to underarm odor production.
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August 2020 in “Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology” ATP helps prevent skin damage from vandetanib by reducing stress.
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December 2018 in “Bone” Removing a methyl group from the ITGAV gene speeds up bone formation in a specific type of bone disease model.
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December 2022 in “Animals” Blocking miR-27a increases sheep hair follicle stem cell growth and decreases cell death, which could help improve wool quality and treat hair loss.