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Loss of Stem Cells Correlates with Premature Aging

Caption: Hair follicle stem cells (green) are lost from resting follicles (left) during hair regeneration (right) leading to alopecia, or hair loss.

Credit: Ruzankina et al., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Cell Stem Cell

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