follicle

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Kintor Pharmaceutical, a Chinese biotech, is developing a gel designed to destroy the protein that triggers hair loss at the follicle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Instead, scientists found that hair is pulled upward by forces created by a hidden network of moving cells within the follicle.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Computer simulations supported the findings, showing that the pulling force created by coordinated movement in the outer layers of the follicle was necessary to match the observed speed of hair growth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

In mammals, these stem cells are found in a region of the hair follicle known as the bulge-sub-bulge area.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

None of them are up to their usual chatter, so I can hear every strand being yanked from its follicle.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins