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Article: Researchers link baldness to female hormone Study on mice indicates estrogen plays some basic role, scientist says
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 1996
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Copyright informationCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Researchers using mice to examine a pesticide's effects on skin
cancer also developed data they say indicated baldness might be
linked to the presence of a female hormone, not the absence of a male
one.
Physician Robert Smart and graduate assistant Hye-Sun Oh were
studying the pesticide's impact when they found that the shaved skin
of mice grew hair when treated with an estrogen blocker.
"Estrogen was playing some fundamental role in skin biology,"
Smart said.
The discovery by the North Carolina State University researchers
was published in today's edition of the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
The discovery is being tested for possible application in human
beings, but any ...
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