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Published online 16 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-12
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Skin's own cells could beat baldness
Research on mice raises hopes for regrowing hair.
Skin may have the capacity to regenerate lost hair follicles from within, according to a new discovery that could yield better treatments for baldness or abnormal hair growth. Researchers in the United States have found that, when skin is wounded, epidermal cells can respond by assuming the properties of stem cells that generate hair follicles and growing new hair.
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