Hair follicle infections are often difficult to treat because bacteria settle in the gap between hair and skin, where it is difficult for active substances to reach them. In order to investigate this ...

Hair follicles are complex structures that surround the hair root, anchoring it to the skin and giving the hair its hold. At the same time, the area between the skin and the follicle provides optimal ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced they have successfully 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in a laboratory. The ...

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Researchers have found that hair follicle transplants can promote scar rejuvenation by altering their architecture and genetic makeup. In a new study involving three volunteers, skin scars began to ...

A new imaging study challenges long-standing ideas about how hair grows and could lead to new treatments for hair loss. Scientists have discovered that human hair does not emerge because it is pushed ...

A team of researchers from Japan studying the processes of hair follicle growth and hair pigmentation has successfully generated hair follicles in cultures, by controlling epithelial-mesenchymal ...

Researchers showed that cells in your hair follicles release important chemical messengers in response to gentle touches to your skin. By Veronique Greenwood When someone brushes a hand across your ...

Researchers from Imperial College London have uncovered a previously unknown method by which humans perceive light touches through hair follicles. It was conventionally believed that only nerve ...