• Hair Loss Genes Discovered, What Does This Mean For Us?

    Has science finally found the Holy Grail for the follically challenged? Probably not, but it does appear that we are getting closer.

    Two articles published in Nature Genetics may help to better explain the genetic predisposition to male pattern hair loss, and to one day give scientists the ability to grow DHT resistant hair follicles for use in hair restoration.

    The first article was published by researchers at McGill University, King’s College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. These researchers identified two genetic variants in men that together produce an increased incidence of male pattern hair loss that is seven times greater than those without these variants. Read more ›

     
 
 

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