Scientists studying the way hair follicles take shape in the human body have found new success in the lab, demonstrating a way of growing fully matured forms of them in culture. The breakthrough ...

The complex microenvironment, or ‘ecosystem,’ within the ovary that sustains healthy follicle development and overall ovarian ...

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 ...

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) plays a pivotal role in directing glutamine synthesis, which is essential for follicle development and the regulation of ovulation. FSH promotes the synthesis of ...

Hair loss can be distressing, even devastating, but it isn’t considered a serious health problem. Consequently, hair loss has been addressed by relatively few biotech companies. One of those companies ...

Hair follicles, however, present a potential pathway to enter the skin’s deeper layers. In a new study, researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, created a gel made of tiny spheres of ...

Women with obesity, even those with regular menstrual cycles, have suppressed ovarian follicle development and reduced production of reproductive hormones, which may underlie reduced fertility, ...

A newly-discovered signaling molecule known as SCUBE3 may be able to stimulate hair growth in those with androgenetic alopecia, also known as male-pattern baldness in men. The corresponding study was ...