Fullerene nanomaterials potentiate hair growth

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-207

  Zhou, Zhiguo ^a   Lenk, Robert ^a   Dellinger, Anthony ^a   MacFarland, Darren ^a   Kumar, Krishan ^a   Wilson, Stephen R ^a   Kepley, Christopher L ^a  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PROCESS; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HAIR FOLLICLES; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN SKIN; NANO-MATERIALS;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DERIVATIVES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FULLERENES;

DIETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; FULLERENES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NANOSTRUCTURES;

MUS;

EID: 67349285686     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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