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Gene Research Gives Hope of Reversing Baldness

Posted by samzenpus on from the rapunzel-rapunzel-regrow-your-hair dept.

Hair loss in humans might not be irreversible, suggest scientists who have helped create new hair cells on the skin of mice. It was thought hair follicles, once damaged, could never be replaced. A University of Pennsylvania team, writing in the journal Nature, say hair growth can actually be encouraged using a single gene.

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  1. heh by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    i'm not nearly as distressed by the hair i'm losing as much as by the hair that seems to grow more and more rapidly where i don't want it.

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    1. Re:heh by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's no light, baldy, that's a reflection from your forehead.

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    2. Re:heh by Frogbert · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're telling me. I found my first grey pube today!

      It was in a Kebab but it was still a bit of a shock.

  2. Covering my solar panel? by Centurix · · Score: 3, Funny

    No thanks, that's what makes me a sex machine!

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  3. Jean-Luc Picard will be happy by N3wsByt3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    to baldly go where no man has gone before!

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  4. Bah - going bald hasn't hurt my success rate... by lendude · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...with the ladies.

    I'm still 0 out of 100 somethin' and counting.

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  5. Re:Hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes! I am cured! \õ/