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Article: CANCER-LINKED PROTEIN CAN MAKE HAIR GROW
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- United Press International
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- May 14, 2003
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United Press International
05-14-2003
Cancer-linked protein can make hair grow
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 14, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- A protein linked to cancer also has been found to grow new hair in mice, scientists reported Wednesday.
Although researchers doubt remedies for baldness are likely to emerge from these findings, by learning how hair can regenerate, they think they can use the finding to learn how the gut, breasts and other organs grow, which could improve understanding of cancers in those areas.
"Any insights we have into how this pathway operates in skin may shed some light on how it works in other organ systems as well," researcher Andrzej Dlugosz, a ...