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March 2017 in “Pediatric Dermatology” FOXN1 duplication can cause excessive hair growth.
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November 2021 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” PBX1 helps reduce aging and cell death in hair follicle stem cells by decreasing DNA damage, not by improving DNA repair.
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