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Cultured follicles offer hope for beating baldness

Brian Owens · October 21, 2013 ·

Old cell-growth method moves hair restoration technique from mice to humans.

Life seemed to be unfair to balding people. More than four decades ago, scientists found a way grow hair follicles in hairless rodents by cultivating skin cells in a dish and implanting them under the skin. But when they tried the same thing in humans, it never worked. Now, a simple tweak to the culturing technique shows that there might be hope for countering baldness. Read more in Nature.

Nature baldness, biology, regenerative medicine

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