Will mice help us find the cure for hair loss?
Recent scientific experiments using mice have shown that new hair follicles can be induced to grow in new skin when the wound healing process is altered using a wnt protein. This protein caused mature skin cells to behave like embryonic skin cells and form new hair follicles.
The research into this potential hair loss treatment is in the early stages and it remains to be seen if the new hair follicles stimulated to grow in the balding areas could be made to be resistant to balding.
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May 30, 2007 @ 1:29 am
I’ve blogged a lot on this topic recently and am still a little confused. I don’t exactly understand what the researchers are proposing by growing hair on mice. For example, how are they doing it? What’s the new potential cure for hair loss? Is it a medication, surgery, etc.?
I had a hair restoration procedure last July and couldn’t be happier with the results. I’m excited to see what’s in store for the future of hair replacement.
Best,
Seth