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Contact: Thania Benios
tbenios@rockefeller.edu
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Rockefeller University
Caption: Hair follicles cannot grow properly (bottom) when a type of skin cell called dermal papilla lacks the receptor that binds BMP, a signaling molecule that, when present, instructs stem cells to trigger hair follicles into action and make hair (top).
Credit: The Rockefeller University
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