Advances in hair follicle cloning are accelerating in 2025 as breakthroughs in dermal papilla cell expansion move the science ...

Researchers have identified the biological mechanism of how chronic stress leads to hair loss. They found that the stress hormone corticosterone causes hair follicle stem cells to stay in an extended ...

Hair follicle miniaturization leads to thinning hair and balding due to the narrowing of hair follicles, making it difficult for hair to grow properly. Medications and surgeries can address hair ...

Hair grows about half an inch per month on average — roughly 6 inches per year. Growth rate can vary by factors like genetics ...

Multiple hairs growing from the same hair follicle is known as pili multigemini. It’s typically not damaging or harmful and can happen anywhere on the body, but researchers aren’t exactly sure why it ...

A team of researchers from Japan studying the processes of hair follicle growth and hair pigmentation has successfully generated hair follicles in cultures. Their in vitro hair follicle model adds to ...

The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, or maintaining hair growth. But as research from Rockefeller University has ...

Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs damaged by disease, injury or aging in the foreseeable future. Here we demonstrate fully functional hair organ ...

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Sexual reproduction keeps many species alive. In humans, male and female reproductive systems look very different, though. The female reproductive system has many unique parts, including the ovaries, ...