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Scientists at the University of Calgary have discovered a skin stem cell within hair follicles which they are hypothesising could be used in the future to stimulate the growth of new hair. The findings, newly published in the Developmental Cell scientific journal, could be a significant step towards the development of new hair loss treatments.
Stem cell identification
Jeff Biernaskie, PhD, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and his team, carried out research to identify which stem cells are responsible for the constant hair growth cycle that our follicles go through. The team’s research indicated that some dermal sheath cells demonstrated the ability to self-renew, giving scientists an enhanced understanding of the regeneration process of hair follicles. This research could pave the way for hair loss therapies which target stem cells to promote hair growth.
Biernaskie commented, “When you lose your hair, particularly in male pattern baldness, we know the reason you go bald is because of dysfunction of these cells in this group, this dermal papilla. So if you look at follicles from bald skin, there’s either a huge loss in the number of cells that are there or they’ve atrophied and shrunken so they’re not functioning in the same way.â€
“We hope that we can ultimately stimulate these cells with drugs to replenish or rejuvenate the cells that are responsible for inducing hair growth.â€
The work, which received funding from the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, the Stem Cell Network and the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) could be used to develop treatments for hair loss related to disease, burns, ageing or injury, although it could be a decade before treatments of this type are available to the public.
Hellouser was right Lol watta joke.
Anyway what do you guys think? We're surely moving towards (although incrementally at best) understanding this disease. Or should we just consider it click-bait?
Stem cell identification
Jeff Biernaskie, PhD, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and his team, carried out research to identify which stem cells are responsible for the constant hair growth cycle that our follicles go through. The team’s research indicated that some dermal sheath cells demonstrated the ability to self-renew, giving scientists an enhanced understanding of the regeneration process of hair follicles. This research could pave the way for hair loss therapies which target stem cells to promote hair growth.
Biernaskie commented, “When you lose your hair, particularly in male pattern baldness, we know the reason you go bald is because of dysfunction of these cells in this group, this dermal papilla. So if you look at follicles from bald skin, there’s either a huge loss in the number of cells that are there or they’ve atrophied and shrunken so they’re not functioning in the same way.â€
“We hope that we can ultimately stimulate these cells with drugs to replenish or rejuvenate the cells that are responsible for inducing hair growth.â€
The work, which received funding from the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, the Stem Cell Network and the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) could be used to develop treatments for hair loss related to disease, burns, ageing or injury, although it could be a decade before treatments of this type are available to the public.
Hellouser was right Lol watta joke.
Anyway what do you guys think? We're surely moving towards (although incrementally at best) understanding this disease. Or should we just consider it click-bait?