Wall Street Journa, October 22, 2013 NEW HOPE FOR BALDNESS by Gautam Naik Scientists have pioneered a technique for growing new human hair, part of a long-term quest to dramatically improve the medical treatment of hair loss. Current treatments can be unsatisfactory because they dont stimulate robust new hair growth. Hair-loss medicines may slow the loss of hair follicles or stimulate the growth of existing hairs, but they dont create new hair follicles. Nor does hair transplantation, in which follicles are relocated from one part of the scalp to another. Now, in a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have shown that it may be possible to generate new human hair on human skin. Were trying to recapitulate what happens in an embryo where new hair is spontaneously generated, said Colin Jahoda, professor of stem cell sciences at Durham University in England and a senior author of the study. The findings are a long way from being the much-sought fix for receding hairlines or bald patches. But they do offer fresh hope for those who suffer from such pattern baldness, which is common with aging, or hair loss that results from disease, wounds or burns. [...]
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