Fabrication of a 3D hair follicle-like hydrogel by soft lithography

• Main Authors: Pan, Jing, Yung Chan, Sui, Common, John E. A., Amini, Shahrouz, Miserez, Ali, Birgitte Lane, E., Kang, Lifeng
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102016; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18886
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hair follicle transplantation is often used in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (AGA). However, the only source of hair follicles is from human donors themselves, which limits the application of this approach. One possible solution is to reconstitute hair follicle from dissociated cells. Curre...