Cure for baldness could be on horizon as Japanese researchers generate mature hair follicles in lab
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Japanese scientists have successfully grown mature hair follicles in a lab — and health experts shared thoughts on this with Fox News Digital. Existing treatments for baldness include topicals such as Rogaine.
Their journal article titled, "Reprogramming of three-dimensional microenvironments for in vitro hair follicle induction," described their use of embryonic mouse cells to create a hair follicle that grew 3mm (approximately 0.12 of an inch) over 23 days. "This new understanding of how cells interact can hold much larger implications for understanding and correcting defects in other tissues …" "Other advancements in hair regrowth have shown promise." Christine Rousselle is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
The scientists said they believed their research "could prove valuable for better understanding of hair follicle induction, for evaluating hair pigmentation and hair growth drugs, and for regenerating hair follicles," in a press release.
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