Hairy frogs sound like something out of a horror movie, but in reality, their unique adaptations are far more fascinating than scary! From its bizarre bony claws and the brutal process in which it ...

Dermal papillae are more prominent in thick skin than thin skin. Dermal papillae increase the surface area between the epidermis and dermis, allowing for more oxygen, food, and waste to pass ...

But exactly how dermal papilla forms has remained elusive until now. In a recent study, researchers used confocal microscopy of live skin to show that the dermal condensate forms via cell migration.

“The dermal papilla cells act as a collective group and restoring that collectivity ... Jahoda says that now they know more about which genes need to be expressed for the cells to function, ...

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Terskikh studies a type of cell called dermal papilla. Residing inside the hair follicle, ... Researchers identify 'signal' crucial to stem cell function in hair follicles. May 24, 2017.

These dermal papillae create our fingerprints, among other things. For the experiments, the researchers used mice cells to make up for the lack of human ones. “When a person loses hair, they ...

Hair growth is regulated by a small cluster of hair-specific fibroblasts, the dermal papilla. But exactly how dermal papilla forms has remained elusive until now. In a recent study Marja Mikkola’s ...