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limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts) Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:50 PM Mar 2012

Clue to male baldness discovered

A biological clue to male baldness has been discovered, raising the prospect of a treatment to stop or even reverse thinning hair.

In studies of bald men and laboratory mice, US scientists pinpointed a protein that triggers hair loss.

Drugs that target the pathway are already in development, they report in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

The research could lead to a cream to treat baldness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17457098

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Clue to male baldness discovered (Original Post) limpyhobbler Mar 2012 OP

but then we'd loose greats like Jean luc picard! tech_smythe Mar 2012 #1

reply loli phabay Jul 2012 #7

I always thought it was the gilette razor in my shower. ZenLefty Mar 2012 #2

I wonder what the evolutionary driver would be for something like that Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #3

Probably because the sunlight reflecting off the bald heads would blind opponents in combat, limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #4

Ear hair is a glitch. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #5

I think it's because crafty real estate agents have been selling those follicles Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #6

Seriously. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #9

Baldness Herington Sep 2012 #8

tech_smythe

(190 posts)

1. but then we'd loose greats like Jean luc picard!

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 10:06 PM

Mar 2012

and can we trigger it with cream?
that'd make shaving a thing of the past
oh my, gotta show my bf this!!!!!

loli phabay

(5,580 posts)

7. reply

Reply to tech_smythe (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 02:59 AM

Jul 2012

you would be rich if you could get cream to forever lose hair, personally i like wigs better anyway

ZenLefty

(20,924 posts)

2. I always thought it was the gilette razor in my shower.

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 09:59 AM

Mar 2012

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

3. I wonder what the evolutionary driver would be for something like that

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 04:32 PM

Jun 2012

Or is it just a glitch.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

4. Probably because the sunlight reflecting off the bald heads would blind opponents in combat,

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:24 PM

Jul 2012

for a selective advantage.

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

5. Ear hair is a glitch. n/t

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 02:20 PM

Jul 2012

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

6. I think it's because crafty real estate agents have been selling those follicles

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 02:15 AM

Jul 2012

On packing up and moving to the ears, nose, and back.

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

9. Seriously.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:38 PM

Sep 2012

It's like the top of my head is a bad neighborhood or something.

Herington

(3 posts)

8. Baldness

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:30 AM

Sep 2012

Hope for the hairless as reactivating follicle stem cells could cure baldness - http://baldness.webs.com - the researchers also found that the precursor fat cells were producing a platelet-derived growth factor — at 100 times the level of surrounding cells — that appeared to be kick-starting the follicles to grow hair. Injecting the growth factor into the skin of defective mice could trigger hair growth in 86% of follicles.

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