News tagged with hair growth
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Herbicide may affect plants thought to be resistant
Purdue University researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need more ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Yale scientists find stem cells that tell hair it's time to grow
Yale researchers have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth, an insight that may lead to new treatments for baldness.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Not just another brick in the (plant cell) wall
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study revealing key steps for controlling plant growth, researchers have shown how the assembly of components of the plant cell wall regulates growth of root hairs. Root hairs are ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Regrowing hair: Researchers may have accidentally discovered a solution
It has been long known that stress plays a part not just in the graying of hair but in hair loss as well. Over the years, numerous hair-restoration remedies have emerged, ranging from hucksters' "miracle solvents" ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Drugs for hair loss and BPH may result in loss of libido, ED in men
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with colleagues at Lahey Clinic and from Denmark and Germany, have found that 5a-reductase inhibitors (5a-RIs), while improving urinary symptoms ...
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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Cellular channel may open doors to skin conditions, hair growth
Skin and hair follicles are constantly renewed in the body, maintained by specialized stem cells. New research from Children's Hospital Boston identifies a small cellular channel that regulates skin and hair growth and that ...
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Apr 15, 2010 |
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New gene in hair loss identified
A team of investigators from Columbia, Rockefeller and Stanford Universities has identified a new gene involved in hair growth, as reported in a paper in the April 15 issue of Nature. This discovery may affect future resear ...
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Hairy secret of foraging plants discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- The genes that control the hairy 'mining machine' that makes some plants better at finding nutrients in poor soils than others have been discovered by scientists from Oxford University and ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Understanding hair biology could pave way for treating disorder
A change in the way we process lipids could mean relief for those who suffer from cicatricial alopecia, or scarring hair loss.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 23, 2009 |
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