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Oligosaccharide Biomaterials
In article number 2304655, Jian Xiao, Lei Dong, Chunming Wang, and co‐workers report the first‐ever oligosaccharide called OG6 (it is a string of six sugar rings in the structure) that can promote hair growth. The authors discovered it by ‘unmasking’ its hidden activity from a longer molecule. Therefore, in this image, they illustrate OG6 as a winning ‘lottery’ comprising...
Hair loss affects over 50 million people worldwide with limited therapeutic options. Despite evidence highlighting the vital role of local immune cells in regulating the life cycle of hair follicles (HFs), accurate regulation of immunocytes to directly promote hair growth remains unachieved. Here, inspired by the physiological feedback in the skin immunity to suppress microbe‐triggered inflammation,...