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Practical hair regeneration technology

02-Feb-2018

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New method for the mass preparation of hair follicle germs (HFGs).

Study reports the successful preparation of up to 5000 HFGs simultaneously.

Used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) as substrate material for culture vessel.

Confirmed hair generation at back and scalp transplantation sites on mice.

The study was published in the Biomaterials journal.

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Biomaterials

Scientific journal covering research on and applications of biomaterials.

Junji Fukuda

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Life Science at Yokohama National University.

Yokohama National University (YNU)

National university in Yokohama, Japan.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Regenerative Medicine, Hair loss