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VIDEO: Paxman Scalp Cooling Limited and the University of Huddersfield signed a five-year research and collaboration agreement covering the PAXMAN Scalp Cooling Research Centre (PSC), a multi-disciplinary research group based at. view more
Credit: University of Huddersfield and Paxman
GROUND-BREAKING research from the University of Huddersfield, announced ahead of World Cancer Day 2021, proves that scalp cooling physically protects hair follicles from chemotherapy drugs. It is the world s first piece of biological evidence that explains how scalp cooling actually works and the mechanism behind its protection of the hair follicle.
The study, entitled Cooling-mediated protection from chemotherapy drug-induced cytotoxicity in human keratinocytes by inhibition of cellular drug uptake , has been published in the peer-reviewed journal