Researchers at Israel Institute of Technology have identified a key factor in the cause of alopecia areata, an emotionally challenging hair loss disorder with no cure. Their study suggests that future treatments could involve desensitizing the body’s immune system to…
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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have been able to grow mice hair faster and thicker thanks to a protein that promotes blood vessel growth in skin. The mouse hair follicles – while no greater in number than those of normal…
Baldness may soon be a thing of the past, say researchers working at the University of Chicago. A recently discovered molecule called beta-catenin may be the trigger instructs embryonic cells to become hair follicles. Howard Hughes, author of the published…
In 1998, researchers at Columbia University discovered the first human gene associated with hair loss. The gene, called hairless, is linked to a severe form of inherited baldness. Alopecia is a disruption in the cycle of human hair growth. The…