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04/20/2012

Can Stem Cells Finally Provide a Baldness Cure That Works?

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There has been no shortage of baldness cures over the ages, but they all share one thing in common: none of them really work. Now, a team of scientists has used stem cell therapy to give a hairless mouse a mohawk. There is hope yet. The researchers, from the Tokyo University of Science, have seized on the concept of using stem cells to provide regenerative medicine, and given it a twist. Actually, maybe more of a curl, because they hit on the idea of using the therapy—usually reserved for restoring organs damaged by disease or illness—to regenerate hair follicles.

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