Stanford Study Discovers Mice May Help Treat Hair Loss.
Veronica Gomez
03 August 2008
Scientists at the school's College of Medication discovered the molecule, known as laminin-511, which signals embryonic stem cells in the skin to start growing hair. "Now we've a signal protein that may support the microenvironment for hair development, and perhaps also for hair renewal" expounded Jing Gao, postdoctoral scholar in epithelial biology. Gao is the lead writer of a paper to be printed Fri. which will describe the finding. Laminin-511 made hair grow during an embryonic stage of development in mice that's the relative equivalent to the eighth month of a human pregnancy. Scientists are upbeat it would work later in life as well, and '...Bay Town...' want to put the findings to work. If using the molecule to trigger hair expansion works after birth, scientists believe it'd be straightforward to use as a drug and may be injected at once into the area where more hair is wanted. "There are lots of different causes of hair loss" claimed senior writer Peter Marinkovich. Bay Town Stories made a contribution to this report. ). |