[podcast] Anti-pollution, Genomics, Personalization and More in Hair Research

Jan 15th, 2020

Gill Westgate, Ph.D., University of Bradford, UK, and Marta Bertolini, Ph.D., Monasterium Laboratory, Skin and Hair Research Solutions

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Anti-pollution and the protective properties of caffeine for hair, plus the what and where of the hair follicle microbiome, are explored in the following podcast.

This is part two in our series (see Part I and Part III) with Gill Westgate, Ph.D., of the University of Bradford, U.K., and Marta Bertolini, Ph.D., of Monasterium Laboratory, Skin and Hair Research Solutions. Following a hiatus, this podcast continues our original discussion from June 2019 about research presented at the 11th World Congress on Hair Research.

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