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August 2016 in “Journal of Visualized Experiments” The CUBIC protocol allows detailed 3D visualization of proteins in mouse skin biopsies.
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August 2017 in “Nature cell biology” Lactate production is important for activating hair growth stem cells.
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Hairless mammals evolved quickly in both gene and non-gene areas related to skin and hair.
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