A Therapeutic Microneedle Patch Made from Hair-Derived Keratin for Promoting Hair Regrowth

• Published in: ACS nano Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 4354 - 4360
• Main Authors: Yang, Guang, Chen, Qian, Wen, Di, Chen, Zhaowei, Wang, Jinqiang, Chen, Guojun, Wang, Zejun, Zhang, Xudong, Zhang, Yuqi, Hu, Quanyin, Zhang, Liang, Gu, Zhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 23.04.2019
• Subjects: microneedle; keratin; drug delivery; hair regrowth; exosome; transdermal drug delivery

Activating hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) to promote hair follicle regrowth holds promise for hair loss therapy, while challenges still remain to develop a scenario that enables enhanced therapeutic efficiency and easy administration. Here we describe a detachable microneedle patch-mediated drug d...