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OK, so that might not seem like big news. But it has the potential to be really big… and not just in the realm of hair growth. See it’s been thought that hair loss was permanent, meaning that if skin lost it’s hair follicle - and thus the ability to grow a hair - then […]
I’m a little late with this one, due to a hectic travel weekend, but I’d like to wish all you mom’s out there a Happy Mother’s Day. And next time your bald kid gives you stick, tell ‘em to stuff it! It ain’t your fault!
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Yet another piece of the genetic puzzle related to hair loss is being unlocked. A Russian-American research team led by Evgeny I. Rogaev has identified a mutation in gene LIPH that causes an unusual form of hair loss. “Very little was known about this gene, and what was known was not related to hair growth,” […]
Not really… at least not yet.
I came across two stories related to the formation of hair follicles. First, we head east (Well, I head east. At least I think I go east. Either way I’ll get there eventually. Pluto may not be a planet, but the world is still round.) to the University of Manchester. […]
Next time you’re at the mirror admiring your ever more prominent scalp, take a quick look at where your skin is shining through. Recent research done at Harvard Medical School has found a link between “vertex male pattern balding” and heart disease. Vertex baldness occurs at the crown of the head. Picture a donut or […]
For those of you interested in reading a little more of how my bald head works, the irrepressible Hsien-Hsien Lei has posted an interview with yours truly at Genetics and Health. Proceed at your own risk.
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Lots of interesting alopecia-related medical news while I was away. From HealthCentral.com:
A rare genetic defect that can trigger a range of diseases, from type 1 diabetes to alopecia (hair loss), helps to explain the imbalance of immune-regulator and killer cells in autoimmune diseases, researchers are reporting.
A mutation in the Aire gene causes APS1, a disease […]
At ScienCentral is a story about researcher Angela Christiano and her team.
Genetics researcher Angela Christiano may have a full head of hair now, but for several years the same disease caused large clumps of her hair to fall out.
“It’s terrifying actually to discover that you’re losing your hair suddenly,” says Christiano, a molecular geneticist at […]
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