Researchers discovered a hair loss breakthrough that’s shockingly simple
Deoxyribose is already a naturally occurring sugar in the body, and the gel developed by the research team is biodegradable ...
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A Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth
In 2024, scientists stumbled upon a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair ...
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The 3 Parts Of A Nucleotide Explained
DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?
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Fifty Years with Double-Stranded RNA
1 In their 1953 publication on the DNA double helix, Watson and Crick stated: "It is probably impossible to form this structure with ribose, instead of deoxyribose." The reason: The 2' hydroxyl on ...
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DNA articles from across Nature Portfolio
Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each consist of a nucleobase, the carbohydrate deoxyribose and a phosphate group, where the carbohydrate and ...
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Study ignites fresh hope for the bald, ‘sugar gel’ triggers healthy hair regrowth
If the deoxyribose gel proves effective in humans also, then it could treat alopecia and even stimulate hair, lash, and eyebrow regrowth in cancer patients after chemotherapy.
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Impact of ultraviolet radiation on filtering facepiece respirators and SARS-CoV-2 detection
Introduction: The global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of 2020 caused by SARS-CoV-2 resulted in a shortage of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), such as N95 and KN95 masks.