Scientists have created a "bald therapy" in the laboratory that can save millions of men
- Scientists have made potential breakthroughs in fighting hair loss .
- This technology can help solve some common diseases that cause hair loss, including male-type baldness and hair loss. The next step is to recreate the lab using human cells.
Scientists have made potential breakthroughs in fighting hair loss by using mouse cells to grow vibrant hair in the lab.
Researchers at Yokohama National University in Japan use embryonic mouse skin cells to create this potential scientific breakthrough by controlling the spatial arrangement of two different types of cells that determine how hair follicles develop.
The study is in an early stage, and the process has not been tested using human cells, but the team hopes that lab-cultured hair follicles can be transplanted to a person's bald head to allow the lost hair to grow back.
Finally, this technology can help address common diseases that cause hair loss, including male-type baldness and hair loss, MailOnline reports.
More than 80% of men have experienced hair loss throughout their lives, and nearly half of women say they are affected by this phenomenon. This is so common that by the age of 35, two-thirds of men have reported experiencing hair loss.
expects that this study will not only help people regain their complete hair, but also improve self-esteem and prevent hair loss from causing more serious consequences, including anxiety, depression and social withdrawal.
researchers changed the arrangement of epithelial and mesenchymal cells that can interact to make hair follicles develop. Epithelial cells are cells that cover the inner and outer surfaces of the body, while mesenchymal cells are present in the bone marrow and are essential for the manufacture and repair of bone tissue – but they have many other potential uses.
Scientists also added low concentrations of matrix gel, which has been used in various cell culture applications for more than 40 years. The lab-cultured hair follicles were then implanted into the mouse skin and continued to produce more hair follicles, "which means the hair follicle bacteria have the ability to grow new hair." The hair follicles implanted by
produce almost 100% efficiency to produce more hair follicles and more hair shafts, and grow about 3 mm of hair shafts in just 23 days - meaning that this treatment, if it works in humans, will hardly fail. The next step is to re-exercise with human cells — but they are worried that there may be some ethical issues in harvesting human cells, which may hinder their work.
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