The study claims the deoxy ribose sugar proved as successful as minoxidil at regrowing hair, with both between 80 and 90 percent effective. That’s a lot of new blood vessels, and a fair bit of new ...

Researchers found that human scalp hair follicles, the tiny “biofactories” that produce hair, have a fully functional bitter taste receptor called TAS2R4. They found that this receptor can be ...

Karl Koehler builds inner ear and skin organoids from human stem cells to model their development in health and disease.

If you're among the millions experiencing thinning hair, new research into a naturally occurring sugar could offer fresh hope ...

In this study researchers found that human scalp follicles - the tiny factories that produce hair - have a bitter taste receptor called TAS2R4. When stimulated with a natural, stevia-like ...

Hair follicle structure. Image ... Texas, compares anagen to human adolescence. “If we don’t maximize our growth by the time we get to be an adult, the height that we have is the height ...

Georgia Tech researchers have developed an almost imperceptible microstructure brain sensor to be inserted into the minuscule spaces between hair follicles and slightly under the skin. The sensor ...

A team of engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology's Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center, working with ...

The human scalp contains approximately 100,000 hair follicles, each following its own growth cycle. This natural cycle consists of three distinct phases: The anagen phase (growing phase): During ...

Sahana is a science journalist and an intern at The Scientist, with a background in neuroscience and microbiology. She has previously written for Live Science, Massive Science, and eLife. View Full ...