The Bulge Stands Alone (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

The Bulge Stands Alone

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Hair follicle stem cells lacking the protein FOXC1 can only retain one old bulge in their hair follicles, while normal stem cells can keep up to four.

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The Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University/PNAS

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