Baldness Be Gone? 46
efudddd writes "Science Daily has an interesting article about a new Nature paper; two chemical signals that turn stem cells into hair follicles have been identified. Implications are wider than just hair regrowth."
Finally!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Genetic therapy and a cure for my hairy palms!?
Re:Finally!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
Indeed.
I love it that the name for a chemical signal involved in baldness is called "noggin".
As a balding guy who isn't that worried about it, I also like the idea that those people who are worried enough to spend a lot of money on baldness cures, will also be funding research into squamous cell carcinomas. I am much more concerned about losing someone to skin cancer than losing my hair.
Re:Finally!!! (Score:3, Informative)
Your hair does help protect you against skin cancer by shading the part of your body that would get the most sun.
Re:Finally!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Finally!!! (Score:1)
If someone's hair falls out and they don't care then great.
If someone's hair falls out and they get depressed because of it, then by all means, do something to change it.
When your body changes without your permission, it can be very depressing. I learned this first hand when I got spinal arthritis and had to change my life. It's not always vanity that would make a person persue a cure for something as seemingly minor as baldness.
If you are w
Re:Finally!!! (Score:2, Interesting)
But seriously, being a happy member of the elite with extended facial surface, I have found that there are several quite distinct genetic behaviors in the follicles on my head. My beard has a strong red color with a fairly wiry (sp?) quality, but the side hair is rather lightcolored, almost a red-tinted blond. The big surprise is the back side of my head which has taken on a vary dark red coloring, almost black, and very dense.
Any form of h
./beach (Score:5, Funny)
How will we be able to recognize our fellow
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Just because we have hair in all the right places doesn't mean we won't still be pasty white.. not too hard to pick out against a crowd of people with good tans. Now, if said
Ethics, schmethics (Score:4, Funny)
Ahh, I can dream can't I?
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Lex Luther
Re:Ethics, schmethics (Score:1)
Stem cells are legal. The way of getting through fetus' are illegal in the United States.
Re:Ethics, schmethics (Score:3, Interesting)
They'll be working on their own issues ;-)
Re:Ethics, schmethics (Score:2)
One of the aspects that scientists have been trying to understand in development of hair follicles, tooth buds, mammary glands and lungs is how these various transduction pathways work together,? said Fuchs.
-- how do you like THEM apples?
don't you mean how do you like them melons?
Oh joy! (Score:5, Funny)
-psy
You mean... (Score:1)
Old joke. . . (Score:1)
He died penniless, because no one wanted a hairy billiard ball.
Re:Old joke. . . (Score:1)
But hairy balls stay warmer in the cold months of winter.
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So.. (Score:1)
I could save a bit on clothing expenditures?
This poses interesting valid questions (Score:5, Insightful)
-Is this going to lead to genuine cancer-related research, or are they going to go straight for the money and fame of introducing the latest chia-hair?
I'm thinking of Botox, and how it can be used for treating genuine muscular ailments, but is most widely known for its wrinkle-smoothing face-paralysing capacity...
On the other hand, i guess i know the sad but true answer to this one: the research follows the money. So Maybe we aren't looking for a cure for Melanoma here... but the bald might die prettier??
Cynicism aside, this IS serious stuff, and we COULD be looking at a way to deal with more serious skin ailments, and it will certainly put a damper on the serious scars that people are still occasionally getting from laser hair removal, or those home electrolysis kits.... (talk about a dangerous product) How long before we have do-it-yourself home stem-cell-into-hair-follicle sets?
Re:This poses interesting valid questions (Score:1)
So, the pur
And i suppose that there's something to be said (Score:2)
Thanks.
Sol
Reverse? (Score:1, Redundant)
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Please God (Score:2, Funny)
Ear hair? Fine hair follicles? (Score:4, Interesting)
Hair is more than just that which is on your head (or visible on the rest of your body). Knowing more about the creation/behavior of the tiny hairs which line various internal parts of our bodies, and moreover being able to fix them, could be very useful indeed
Re:Ear hair? Fine hair follicles? (Score:3, Interesting)
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Re:Ear hair? Fine hair follicles? (Score:1, Informative)
But why undergo such a risky, complex, and expensive procedure even when it becomes available? Yes, people hear less well as they get older, but hearing aids work reasonably well and you probably will die before you go deaf. Macular degeneration seems like something I'd be much more worried about.
What to do? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Think of the furries! (Score:1)
Why? (Score:1)
a little known fact of fiction (Score:3, Funny)
hmm...don't chewt'bacca
Several proteins mentioned in the article (Score:1)
so, the tall girls (Score:1)
Bad day for shaving and hat industry (Score:1)