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Article: Scientists believe stem cells found in hair follicles of mice may provide key to curing baldness in humans.
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- Transplant News
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- April 30, 2004
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Scientists who found stem cells in the hair follicles of mice believe they may now be able to pinpoint the same cells in humans, providing future treatments for baldness and other problems.
George Cotsarelis, MD and colleagues of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center found that hair follicles of mice contain true adult stem cells, which have the potential to grow new hair as well as various other types of tissue. When they transplanted these cells into mice, hair sprouted where none had been before.
Writing in the April issue of Nature Biotechnology, Cotsarelis' group explained that certain genes were activated in the stem cells that were not ...