What Triggers Hair Loss? Sep 16, 2009
The cuticle: the outermost layer made up of a layer of thin scale like cells. The root contains the follicle from which hair growth takes place. (Suite101.com)
Judge: No Required Ultrasound for Abortion Aug 19, 2009
As science progresses and scientists are able to extract DNA from any tissue and clone from that DNA (it will come to pass) should I be arrested for biting off a cuticle. The abortion issue boils down to this: Do you have the right to make someone else's decisions for them based on your religious beliefs. (CBS News -- US)
Animal and plant communication at the ESA Annual Meeting Aug 4, 2009
"The chemicals in the bugs' cuticle matched that of the ants," says Whitehead. "The bugs mimic the hydrocarbons that the ants produce, so the ants don't recognize them as something foreign.". (EurekAlert!)
Scientists Identify Gene That May Explain Hair Loss May 28, 2009
"We confirmed that Sox21 is also expressed in the hair shaft cuticle in humans ... These results indicate that the Sox21 gene could be responsible for some hair loss conditions in humans," the authors concluded. 00002E2C. (Fox News)
American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- April 8, 2009 Apr 13, 2009
Shown is the damaged cuticle of a byssal ... ARTICLE #4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Metals and the Integrity of a Biological Coating: The Cuticle of Mussel Byssus". (EurekAlert!)
