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Alopecia is the lack or loss of hair from areas of the body where hair is usually found. Alopecia can be a side effect of some cancer treatments.

Researchers create first single cell atlas of prenatal human skin

For the first time, researchers have created a single cell atlas of prenatal human skin to understand how skin forms, and what goes wrong in disease.

18 Oct 2024

Perceived stress can directly trigger psoriasis relapse

Innovative research has provided compelling evidence that perceived stress can directly trigger the relapse of psoriatic skin lesions. The study, presented today at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress 2024, is the first to scientifically validate this connection in vivo.

26 Sep 2024

The importance of mitochondrial function in health and disease

The World Mitochondria Society (WMS) is preparing for its annual Targeting Mitochondria 2024 conference, which will focus on innovative strategies to "charge" cells by supplying them with extra mitochondria to enhance cellular function and combat diseases.

18 Sep 2024

Arthritis medications could reverse COVID lung damage

Arthritis drugs already available for prescription have the potential to halt lingering lung problems that can last months or years after COVID-19 infections, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai suggests.

6 Sep 2024

A new genetic perspective on monilethrix

From infancy and usually for life, some families suffer from broken hair due to a congenital form of hair loss called monilethrix. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn have now identified causative mutations in another keratin gene, KRT31. They hope that this will improve the diagnosis of this rare disease. Their results have now been published in the renowned "British Journal of Dermatology".

5 Sep 2024

Maintaining healthy weight could lower risk of immune-mediated skin diseases in kids

Childhood obesity can contribute to the development of common immune-mediated skin diseases (IMSDs), such as alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis, new research finds.

21 Aug 2024

Fungal endophytes: A promising frontier for breast cancer treatment

A recent study in Heliyon highlights the potential of fungal endophytes in developing novel anti-cancer agents, specifically targeting breast cancer therapy.

10 Jul 2024

Microneedle patch holds promise for promoting hair regrowth caused by alopecia areata

Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by hair loss, which occurs when T cells of the immune system mistakenly attack hair follicles.

8 Jun 2024

Innovative microneedle patch shows promise in treating alopecia areata

Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by hair loss, which occurs when T cells of the immune system mistakenly attack hair follicles.

6 Jun 2024

GLP-1 receptor agonists effective for weight loss in obesity without diabetes

The benefit-harm balance of initiating Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists (RAs) versus a placebo intervention.

29 May 2024

Researchers discover potential new treatment for alopecia areata

Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School have developed a potential new treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss and affects people of all ages, including children.

9 May 2024

Can synthetic data boost fairness in medical imaging AI?

A recent study in Nature Medicine demonstrates how diffusion models can enhance the robustness and fairness of medical machine learning models in interpreting medical images like histopathology, chest X-rays, and dermatological images by augmenting training datasets with synthetic data, improving accuracy and fairness across diverse patient groups.

11 Apr 2024