Video: Scientists Grow Hair Follicles in a Lab

By Julian Phillips

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For the first time, German scientists have used human adult stem cells to develop hair follicles in a laboratory, from which hair then grows naturally. The Berlin Technical University researchers, who have taken part in the advanced stem cell research, believe that they may have the ability to transcend the barrier between animal and human hair follicle growth from stem cells within a year. The treatment provides new hope for people suffering from hair loss. Only a few hair follicles would need to be taken from the”patient” and used to generate as much new hair as is needed, which can then be grafted. This breakthrough has also brought the scientists a big step closer to their original research goal, which was to use lab-generated hair follicles on a chip as a substitute for animal experiments in testing creams and cosmetics. Many substances in the creams we use actually enter the body through our hair follicles rather than our skin.


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Julian Phillips writes frequently about various health subjects for blogs in the U.S. and Canada. He began losing his hair at 17 and developed an interest in next generation hair loss technologies when his sons began showing signs of a receding hairline.

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