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Research from Biospectrum Life Science Institute yields new findings on life sciences
June 15th, 2009
Investigators publish new data in the report 'A cell-based system for screening hair growth-promoting agents.' "Androgen-inducible transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta1) derived from dermal papilla cells (DPCs) is a catagen inducer that mediates hair growth suppression in androgenetic alopecia (AGA). In this study, a cell-based assay system was developed to monitor TGF-beta1 promoter activity and then used to evaluate the effects of activated TGF-beta1 promoter in human epidermal keratinocytes (HaCaT)," scientists in Korea report. "To accomplish this, a pMetLuc-TGF-beta1 promoter plasmid that expresses the luciferase reporter gene in response to TGF-beta1 promoter...
Source: Biotech Business Week (2009-06-15)
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