News tagged with follicle cells


Study prompts rethink of how ovaries develop

(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Adelaide will rewrite the text books on how an ovary is formed, as well as providing new insights into women's health and fertility.

Medical research created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover novel role of BRCA1 in regulating the survival of skin stem cells

Our DNA, which stores our genetic information, is constantly exposed to damage. If not properly repaired, DNA damage can lead to cell death. This, in turn, can lead to tissue exhaustion and ageing, or induce mutations resulting ...

Cancer created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists uncover cells at the origin of basal cell carcinoma

For years researchers have been trying to identify the molecular changes that occur in tumour-initiating cells from the very first oncogenic mutation to the development of invasive tumors. The most frequently ...

Cancer created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why our backs can't read braille: Scientists map sensory nerves in mouse skin

Johns Hopkins scientists have created stunning images of the branching patterns of individual sensory nerve cells. Their report, published online in the journal eLife on Dec. 18, details the arrangement of the ...

Medical research created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers uncover the molecular mechanisms leading to basal cell carcinoma initiation

One of the most outstanding and unresolved questions in cancer biology is the identification of cells at the origin of cancer and the understanding of the molecular changes that occur in tumor initiating cells from the first ...

Cancer created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sweat glands play major role in healing human wounds, research shows

Turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds.

Medical research created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bioluminescence imaging lights up stem cell therapy for hair growth

Finding a way to restore hair growth after substantial hair loss is something of an obsession worldwide. Investigators at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2012 Annual Meeting presented how stem cell research for the development ...

Medical research created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan study raises hopes of cure for baldness

Japanese researchers have successfully grown hair on hairless mice by implanting follicles created from stem cells, they announced Wednesday, sparking new hopes of a cure for baldness.

Medical research created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Scientists achieve breakthrough in understanding sense of touch

(Medical Xpress) -- A research team including University of Wyoming neurobiologist Jeff Woodbury has discovered a new technique to determine how the touch sensory system is organized in hairy skin, providing ...

Neuroscience created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research identifies inhibitor causing male pattern baldness and target for hair-loss treatments

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified an abnormal amount a protein called Prostaglandin D2 in the bald scalp of men with male pattern baldness, a discovery that ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hair-cell-derived patient-specific heart cells for disease modeling and drug screening

Hair follicle keratinocytes offer a simple and accessible route to generate patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells, iPSCs, with minimum inconvenience for the patients, shows study presented at the ESC Congress 2011 ...

Cardiology created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research provides clues on why hair turns gray

A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center has shown that, for the first time, Wnt signaling, already known to control many biological processes, between hair follicles and melanocyte stem cells can dictate ...

Medical research created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study reveals surprising clues about communication in hair stem cell populations

In one of the first studies to look at the population behavior of a large pool of stem cells in thousands of hair follicles – as opposed to the stem cell of a single hair follicle – Keck School of Medicine of USC ...

Medical research created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast