Blocking Enzymes in Hair Follicles Promotes Hair Growth (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Blocking Enzymes in Hair Follicles Promotes Hair Growth

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Within 3 weeks, mice that received topical ruxolitinib or tofacitinib had regrown nearly all their hair (right photo; drug was applied only to the right side of the mouse). Little to no hair growth occurred in control mice during the same timeframe (left photo).

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Columbia University Medical Center/From S. Harel et al.,  <i>Sci. Adv.</i> 1, e1500973 (2015).  Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).  10.1126/sciadv.1500973

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