Tag Archive for 'Follicle'

A hair-bearing skin organoid. Image credit: Indiana University School of Medicine.

Scientists Create Hair-Bearing Human Skin from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Jun 5, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from several U.S. institutions has created an organoid culture system that generates complex skin from human pluripotent stem cells. A...

The new drug enhances human hair growth. Image credit: Pexels.

Experimental Osteoporosis Drug Could Treat Human Hair Loss

May 10, 2018 by News Staff

WAY-316606, a compound originally developed to treat osteoporosis, has a dramatic stimulatory effect on human hair follicles, according to a study published...

Dr. Koehler and co-authors describe a deﬁned in vitro 3D culture system that generates skin organoids from mouse pluripotent stem cells. The skin organoids contain self-organized skin layers and skin appendages, including hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and adipocytes. Image credit: Lee et al, doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.007.

Researchers Use Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells to Grow Hairy Skin

Jan 3, 2018 by News Staff

A process using pluripotent stem cells from mice can generate skin tissue complete with hair follicles, according to a team of researchers from the Indiana...