Advanced Dermatology

Emerging non-invasive tools for hair follicle assessment: a narrative review on hyperspectral and terahertz imaging

Hair loss, though often dismissed as cosmetic, reflects complex vascular, metabolic, structural, and inflammatory changes within the scalp microenvironment. Conventional diagnostic tools such as visual inspection, dermoscopy, trichoscopy, and biopsy remain limited in their abilit...

The cGAS/STING pathway in cancer: translating innate DNA sensing into therapeutic potential

The cGAS/STING pathway is a central innate immune DNA-sensing system that links aberrant DNA species to innate immune and stress-response transcriptional programs and has emerged as a key regulator of tumor-immune interactions. In cancer, pathway outputs are shaped by interconnec...