Posted on 03/05/2024 1:25:02 PM PST by Red Badger
A gel of tiny keratin spheres has been found to promote hair follicle growth. Given that our bodies naturally produce keratin, the research highlights the potential application of using keratin microspheres as a safe and effective hair-growth treatment.
Keratin is added to shampoos and conditioners to strengthen and improve the appearance of hair. We also produce the protein, which does the same thing – it keeps hair, skin, and nails healthy and strong. Given their biocompatibility, keratin-based nanoparticles have been explored as carriers for anti-cancer, antimicrobial and wound-healing drugs.
The skin’s top layer, or epidermis, is a barrier to penetration, which is both good and bad. While it’s a barrier against pathogens and chemicals, that barrier can stop therapeutic agents from entering. Hair follicles, however, present a potential pathway to enter the skin’s deeper layers. In a new study, researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, created a gel made of tiny spheres of water-soluble keratin that penetrated the hair follicle to regrow hair in mice.
A gel of tiny keratin spheres has been found to promote hair follicle growth. Given that our bodies naturally produce keratin, the research highlights the potential application of using keratin microspheres as a safe and effective hair-growth treatment.
Keratin is added to shampoos and conditioners to strengthen and improve the appearance of hair. We also produce the protein, which does the same thing – it keeps hair, skin, and nails healthy and strong. Given their biocompatibility, keratin-based nanoparticles have been explored as carriers for anti-cancer, antimicrobial and wound-healing drugs.
The skin’s top layer, or epidermis, is a barrier to penetration, which is both good and bad. While it’s a barrier against pathogens and chemicals, that barrier can stop therapeutic agents from entering.
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I self-identify as a female cat.
*“I’m going to ask for grey, orange and white follicles to be inserted all over my body so I can look like my calico kitten.”*
I’d go for the kinky ones like the ones around the butt.
I’d look good in an afro.
I’ve earned every grey hair I’ve got!
Not quite, there are a few males, but they are XXY males and mostly infertile.
I've only known one fertile male calico, and he was bat guano crazy...
I’ll try it, but only if it’s free. haha
Yeah, isn’t it weird that things change around, or leave altogether?
My butt moved to the front. Can’t figure why.
THIS is what the pharma industry should be concentrating on!!!
bkmk
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