Scientists have found that human hair growth does not grow by being pushed out of the root; it's actually pulled upward by a ...
Figure 1: AUX1 and PIN2 expression in hair and non-hair epidermal cells. Figure 3: Non-hair cells are essential for root-hair development, but an auxin response is not required in non-hair cells.
Forget what you know about hair growth. New research reveals hair isn't pushed but pulled by moving cells in the follicle.
Most people consider hair as a purely cosmetic part of their lives. To others, it may help uncover one of nature's best-kept secrets: the body's ability to regenerate organs. Now, new research gets to ...
Root hairs provide a model system to study plant cell growth, yet little is known about the polysaccharide compositions of their walls or the role of these polysaccharides in wall expansion. We report ...