Researchers from Australia, Singapore, and China have identified the MCL-1 protein as a key protector of hair follicles, preventing apoptosis and thereby reducing hair loss. Their study ...

This protein, MCL-1, is a powerful agent in regulating cell death – and if levels are lowered, by way of outside forces such as stress, aging, cancer drugs or genetics, HSFCs are left vulnerable ...

Without MCL-1, these cells undergo stress and eventually die, leading to hair loss, as reported in a Nature Communications study. Hair follicles are small tunnel-like structures in the skin where ...