The science of hair follicle cloning — or stem cell treatments for hair loss — is evolving rapidly. Alas, we remain years away from a practical, real-world alternative to current hair transplant techniques, even sophisticated ones that replace hair follicle by follicle. The real goal for most people suffering from hair loss is [...]
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Bloomberg News reports on two new studies that may have discovered the genes that put people at risk for hair loss and a stem cell that may actually grow hair.
The two studies — one on the genetic basis for hair loss, the other on hair follicle stem cells — were [...]
Robert Buderi reports that leading stem cell baldness researchers at the new startup Follica have taken in $11 million in new funding — a sure sign that investors believe the new treatments will be viable. Burderi reports:
If only hair could grow as fast as Follica’s pot of money. Just seven months after its $5.5 [...]
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania say they may have overcome one of hair care’s biggest obstacles, by developing a means of creating new hair cells on the skin of mice. The research team said, in an article published in the journal Nature that in generating the new hair cells, it had defied previous [...]
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