SCUBE3: The Molecule That Promises to Awaken Sleeping Hair
Bélinda Ibrahim, 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A California laboratory at the University of Irvine is revolutionizing dermatology. In 2022, Professor Maksim Plikus’s team isolated a molecule called SCUBE3, short for Signal peptide, CUB domain, EGF-like 3. Naturally produced by the dermal papilla, a tiny cluster of cells at the base of each hair follicle, this molecular messenger has a ...