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New breakthrough in preventing chemotherapy-induced hair loss

Researchers in Sheffield Hallam University’s Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, in partnership with Paxman, have discovered that combining scalp cooling treatment with antioxidants can significantly reduce or even prevent the damage to hair follicles caused by chemotherapy drugs. This breakthrough has the potential to enhance and standardise scalp cooling efficacy levels, potentially transforming it into a more consistent and universally reliable method.

Led by Dr Nik Georgopoulos, the study uses human keratinocytes and hair follicle cultures to test the effects of cooling and antioxidants on chemotherapy-treated cells. The research was the culmination of years of work in partnership with the Paxman Scalp Cooling Research Centre.

The paper, which has been published today (Tuesday 8 July) in the journal Frontiers of Pharmacology, showed for the first time that.


New breakthrough in preventing chemotherapy-induced hair loss and could make a real difference to the lives of cancer patients worldwide.

Moon-Rice: Developing the perfect crop for space-bases

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new collaborative Moon-Rice project is using cutting-edge experimental biology to create an ideal future food crop that can be grown in future deep-space outposts, as well as in extreme environments back on Earth.

People with ‘young brains’ outlive ‘old-brained’ peers, Stanford Medicine scientists find

By Bruce Goldman

A blood-test analysis developed at Stanford Medicine can determine the “biological ages” of 11 separate organ systems in individuals’ bodies and predict the health consequences.

Virginia Tech researchers explore creatine therapy for brain health

Creatine is popularly known as a muscle-building supplement, but its influence on human muscle function can be a matter of life or death.

Creatine is very crucial for energy-consuming cells in skeletal muscle throughout the body, but also in the brain and in the heart.