British Hair and Nail Society Research Meeting
It's been a few years since the last British Hair and Nails Society research meeting. At that first meeting we discussed the important steps to move things forward in the UK and one of the outputs of that meeting was a research prioritisation process. Three years...
World Congress of Hair Research – Alopecia Areata Update
The World Congress of Hair Research was held in Miami last month and attracted leading experts from across the globe, bringing together both scientists and clinicians to discuss latest advances. Treatments and research in alopecia areata are always eagerly anticipated...
Are JAK inhibitors the future for management of Alopecia Areata?
In a recent edition of Nature an exciting new approach to managing alopecia areata was discussed. The research team demonstrated the crucial role of a particular white blood cell, known as the cytotoxic CD 8 T lymphocyte, more specifically the CD8 NKG2D T Cell. In a...