A previously unseen network of cells plays a critical role in helping hair emerge from the roots, according to a study that ...

A new imaging study challenges long-standing ideas about how hair grows and could lead to new treatments for hair loss.

Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair cells that humans permanently lose, like those in the inner ear linked to hearing and balance. New research reveals two specific genes that control how different ...

National Taiwan University researchers, with collaborators in Taiwan and the US, report that adipocyte lipolysis activates epithelial hair follicle stem cells and drives hair regeneration via ...

What if the secret to curing baldness has been hiding in your hair all along? University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a little-known group of stem cells in hair follicles ...

Thinning hair has always been a symptom of aging, but experts say men seem to be losing their hair earlier than previous generations. Modern lifestyles may quicken hair loss due to increased stress, ...

UNSW Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Throughout recorded history, our hair and nails played an important role in signifying who we are and our social status. You could say, ...