Cure for baldness on horizon after scientists grew hair on mice using human stem cells
Dermatologists say the US study could lead to the creation of a limitless supply of hair follicles which can be transplanted to bald heads.The human style strands that measure 2 to 5 millimetres in length are the closest match to natural hair ever created.
Professor Karl Koehler, at Harvard Medical School in Boston, said: "The skin is a multil-layered organ, equipped with follicles and glands critical for regulating body temperature and the retention of bodily fluids." These help protect the body against illness and injury as well as controlling the sensation of touch and pain.Mum-of-three, 34, 'addicted' to Coke dies after drinking two litres a dayCOVID IS COMINGThe 5 personality traits that could predict if you will develop dementiaThe skin buds could also lead to the development of better drugs for diseases - including
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