Japanese startup makes hair follicle regeneration breakthrough
OrganTech and RIKEN identified an accessory mesenchymal cell that, together with epithelial stem and dermal papilla cells, forms a three-cell configuration capable of generating hair follicle organ germs that integrate and sustain cyclic hair growth after transplantation into mice; results published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
Why it mattersAfter transplantation into mice, lab-generated three-cell follicle germs sustained cyclic hair growth, enabling practical hair-regeneration therapies.
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Danny Sullivan