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January 2013 in “Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons” Dental tissues are a promising and accessible source of adult stem cells for regenerative medicine.
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February 2019 in “Gene” Researchers found a good way to isolate hair follicle stem cells from newborn goats for further study.
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May 2020 in “Trends in molecular medicine” The document concludes that the immune-inhibitory environment of the hair follicle may prevent melanoma development.
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Human hair keratins can be turned into useful 3D biomedical scaffolds through a freeze-thaw process.