New study reveals surprising clues about communication in hair stem cell populations
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
In one of the first studies to look at the population behavior of a large pool of stem cells in thousands of hair follicles as opposed to the stem cell of a single hair follicle Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists deciphered how hair stem cells in mice and rabbits can communicate with each other and encourage mutually coordinated regeneration, according to an article published in the April 29 edition of the journal Science.