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This study was all over the news in Portugal today. According to the Portuguese press, a cure is near but maybe they're a bit too optimistic.
Male Pattern Balding May Be Due to Stem Cell Inactivation, According to Penn Study
January 4, 2011
Using cell samples from men undergoing hair transplants, the team compared follicles from bald scalp and non-bald scalp, and found that bald areas had the same number of stem cells as normal scalp in the same person. However, they did find that another, more mature cell type called a progenitor cell was markedly depleted in the follicles of bald scalp.
Read more: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Rel ... ctivation/
Male Pattern Balding May Be Due to Stem Cell Inactivation, According to Penn Study
January 4, 2011
Using cell samples from men undergoing hair transplants, the team compared follicles from bald scalp and non-bald scalp, and found that bald areas had the same number of stem cells as normal scalp in the same person. However, they did find that another, more mature cell type called a progenitor cell was markedly depleted in the follicles of bald scalp.
Read more: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Rel ... ctivation/