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Baldness Be Gone?

Posted by michael on Thursday March 20, 2003 @05:01AM from the not-just-the-president-of-hair-club-for-men dept.

efudddd writes "Science Daily has an interesting article about a new Nature paper; two chemical signals that turn stem cells into hair follicles have been identified. Implications are wider than just hair regrowth."

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Re:Finally!!! by bmongar · 2003-03-20 08:57 · Score: 2, Informative

I am much more concerned about losing someone to skin cancer than losing my hair.
Your hair does help protect you against skin cancer by shading the part of your body that would get the most sun.

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Re:Ear hair? Fine hair follicles? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-20 20:47 · Score: 1, Informative

Cilia have nothing to do with the hair that grows on your head. So, this won't help people with hearing loss. Stem cells eventually might, though.
But why undergo such a risky, complex, and expensive procedure even when it becomes available? Yes, people hear less well as they get older, but hearing aids work reasonably well and you probably will die before you go deaf. Macular degeneration seems like something I'd be much more worried about.