News tagged with hair follicle

No longer a gray area: Our hair bleaches itself as we grow older

Wash away your gray? Maybe. A team of European scientists have finally solved a mystery that has perplexed humans throughout the ages: why we turn gray. Despite the notion that gray hair is a sign of wisdom, these researchers ...

Biology /

Feb 23, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (27) | 4

Male pattern balding may be due to stem cell inactivation: study

Given the amount of angst over male pattern balding, surprisingly little is known about its cause at the cellular level. In a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a team led by Geo ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Jan 04, 2011 | 5 / 5 (9) | 4 |

New gene in hair loss identified

A team of investigators from Columbia, Rockefeller and Stanford Universities has identified a new gene involved in hair growth, as reported in a paper in the April 15 issue of Nature. This discovery may affect future resear ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Apr 14, 2010 | 5 / 5 (8) | 1 |

Yale scientists find stem cells that tell hair it's time to grow

Yale researchers have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth, an insight that may lead to new treatments for baldness.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Sep 01, 2011 | 5 / 5 (7) | 8 |

Stem cells in hair follicles point to general model of organ regeneration

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people consider hair as a purely cosmetic part of their lives. To others, it may help uncover one of nature’s best-kept secrets: the body’s ability to regenerate organs. Now, new research ...

Biology /

Feb 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

Cellular automaton model predicts how hair follicle stem cells regenerate

Your hair -- or lack of hair -- is the result of a lifelong tug-of-war between activators that wake up, and inhibitors that calm, stem cells in every hair follicle on your body, according to Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D., ...