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GPC1 is important for blood vessel growth in hair follicles and could help treat hair loss.
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February 2003 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” An enzyme other than TNAP might be responsible for vitamin B-6 metabolism in the skin.
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October 2023 in “PubMed” Scientists created a cell model to study and find treatments for a skin disease called RDEB.
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