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January 2018 in “Advances in experimental medicine and biology” January 2009 in “Chinese journal of Clinical Medicine” February 2023 in “European biophysics journal”
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June 2023 in “Journal of applied crystallography” The technique showed that human hair has two main parts, with 68% being rigid and the rest flexible, and water swelling affects its structure.
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