Hair Attack (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Hair Attack

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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).

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The Rockefeller University

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