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Research from Hamamatsu University, Department of Dermatology yields new data on life sciences
June 15th, 2009
Data detailed in 'Roxithromycin antagonizes catagen induction in murine and human hair follicles: implication of topical roxithromycin as hair restoration reagent' have been presented. According to a study from Hamamatsu, Japan, "Roxithromycin (RXM) is a 14-member macrolide antibiotics, with a variety of bioregulatory functions including anti-apoptotic activity to keratinocytes. Therefore, RXM has been used for many kinds of skin diseases." "In this study, human and murine hair follicles were treated with RXM in order to find the possibility to cure hair loss disease such as androgenetic alopecia (AGA). In AGA, dihydrotestosterone signals apoptosis in dermal papilla...
Source: Anti-Infectives Week (2009-06-15)
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