Fully mature hair follicles generated in the lab as cultured "follicloids"

Fully mature hair follicles generated in the lab as cultured “follicloids”

A team of Japanese researchers studying the growth and pigmentation processes of hair follicles succeeded in generating hair follicles in cultures, by controlling epithelial-mesenchymal interactions (EMI) and the arrangement of epithelial and mesenchymal cells in three dimensions, in vitro. The scientists, led by Tatsuto Kageyama, PhD, assistant professor at the Yokohama National University School of …

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