A surprise result in a lab experiment has led to the discovery of an ancient biological stress pathway that can trigger cells to stop making what's needed to grow hair. Scientists believe this opens the door to developing a pre-emptive strike, protecting hair follicles from this process and preventing hair loss.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: University of Manches
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Hair loss prevented by blocking ancient biological mechanism
Posted by ArielTechGeek 142 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Hair loss reversed with drug-loaded microneedle patches for alopecia
Posted by ArielTechGeek 150 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists at Harvard have developed a promising new treatment to reverse hair loss associated with alopecia. Painless microneedle patches loaded with an immune regulating drug regrew hair in mice with alopecia within a few weeks.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Hair, Baldness, Harvard, The Immune System, Autoimmune, Microneedles
Human hair is being used to clean up oil spills
Posted by ArielTechGeek 182 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Lisa Gautier and her partner Patrice Gautier founded Matter of Trust in 1998 with the hopes of being able to tackle environmental issues. They soon met up with Phillip McCrory, a hair-dresser from Alabama, who had the idea for hair mats being a useful tool for oily-cleanup when he'd seen an otter being rescued from the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska with its fur matted in oil.Continue ReadingTags:
Shape-memory hair product keeps curls curly even in 80% humidity
Posted by ArielTechGeek 303 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers have developed a product that reduces hair’s moisture-absorbing tendencies, maintaining frizz-free curls for at least six hours in high-humidity environments and even allowing them to bounce back thanks to its shape-memory properties.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Hair, Polymer, Humidity
CLT wooden roofs extend atop the vertical concrete elements creating a staggered appearance.
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New DNA tech uses a single cat hair to hone in on crime suspects
Posted by ArielTechGeek 375 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Lending new meaning to the phrase ‘cat burglar’, a single feline hair left at a crime scene can be traced back to an individual animal through a new method that can highlight a unique, rare genetic ‘fingerprint’.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: University of Leicester, Crime, Criminal, DNA, Forensics, Cats, Dogs, Genetics, Genome
New rare gene discovery provides further insights into male hair loss
Posted by ArielTechGeek 412 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new study has identified rare genetic variants associated with male pattern hair loss, including two that haven’t been identified before. In addition to increasing our understanding of the condition, the findings may pave the way for personalized therapies.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Baldness, Genetics, Hair
Triangular slabs of terrazzo and a vintage chandelier frame Sydney's Koda hair salon, which local studio Arent & Pyke has conceived as an eclectic mishmash of old and new. Read more
the client desire was for a space that transcends typical salon aesthetics and maximizes the limited area available.
The post aluminum and polycarbonate plates add an industrial touch to minimal japanese hair salon appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Hair cell repair protein could lead to new hearing loss treatments
Posted by ArielTechGeek 483 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Many of us are resigned to the fact that we’ll naturally lose some of our hearing as we age, but there may be a way to slow that down. Scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA) have identified a mechanism that lets hair cells repair themselves, which could be hacked for therapies that restore lost hearing.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Hearing, ear, Cells, Protein, Universit
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