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Researchers Regrow Hair Strands on Damaged Skin

Stimulating fibroblasts through the sonic hedgehog pathway can trigger hair growth.

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By: Christine Esposito

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By stirring crosstalk among skin cells that form the roots of hair, a group of researchers report they have regrown hair strands on damaged skin. Led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine and published this month in the journal Nature Communications, the study examined the effect of distinct signaling pathways in damaged skin of laboratory mice. Experiments focused on fibroblasts that secrete collagen, the structural protein most responsible for maintaining the shape and strength of skin a...

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