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Article: Angiogenic Therapy For Male Pattern Baldness?

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March 9, 2001
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2001 MAR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have been able to grow hair faster and thicker on mice thanks to a protein that promotes blood vessel growth in their skin.

The mouse hair follicles - while no greater in number than those of normal mice - are individually bigger. Collectively, they increase the total volume of hair by 70% the MGH research team reported in the February 19, 2001, Journal of Clinical Investigation.

If the protein has the same powers in humans, it could lead to the first angiogenic therapy for male pattern baldness.

"In male pattern hair loss, it's not that the follicles ...

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