A new imaging study challenges long-standing ideas about how hair grows and could lead to new treatments for hair loss. Scientists have discovered that human hair does not emerge because it is pushed ...

Researchers have identified the biological mechanism of how chronic stress leads to hair loss. They found that the stress hormone corticosterone causes hair follicle stem cells to stay in an extended ...

Imperial researchers have discovered a hidden mechanism within hair follicles that allow us to feel touch. The findings have been published in Science Advances. Previously, touch was thought to be ...

Researchers have come up with a method to convert adult cells into epithelial stem cells, the first time anyone has achieved this in either humans or mice. The epithelial stem cells, when implanted ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers have made a recent breakthrough by growing hair follicles in vitro in a lab. Galina Zhigalova/500px/Getty Images New research has allowed scientists to generate new hair ...

Hair serves an important cosmetic function for humans, and the hair follicle produces sweat gland products that help to control body temperature and release pheromones 3. Billions of people experience ...

It might not be at the same level as solving world hunger, but there are plenty of people around the world waiting for an effective treatment for baldness. Researchers from Yokohama National ...

A new study may reveal the answer to a longstanding anatomical mystery: how did human beings evolve to get goosebumps? In an article published in the journal Cell, study leaders Dr. Ya-Chieh Hsu and ...

"You have to come for an ultrasound every alternate day." This sounded overwhelming at first, but it was an essential part of my pregnancy journey. If you are trying to conceive and planning to opt ...

The biggest bother for cannabis consumers is a drug test. On the one hand, cannabinoids such as CBD & Delta-8 THC are legal, and researchers are on a constant quest to study their medicinal properties ...