Scientists figure out how to cure baldness!
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Japanese scientists are trying to figure out what makes hair grow. The research could lead to new ways to treat conditions like male pattern baldness that cause hair to fall out.
What are vitro experiments?
Vitro experiments refer to the work done with cells, tissues, or other biological parts that have been removed from the living organism(s) of interest.
What is hair loss or baldness?
Hair loss, which is also called baldness, is when hair falls out from a part of the head or body.
Their experiments in a lab dish help us learn more about how the hair follicle grows. It could help find ways to treat diseases that cause hair loss. When the experiment resulted in making hair strands, the experiment was treated as almost always successful.
Key facts!
- Japanese scientists who study hair growth have grown hair follicles in a lab.
- Their research on making hair follicles in a lab dish could help treat diseases that cause hair loss.
- On Petri dishes, researchers made skin organoids.
- This method led to the cultivation of hair follicles.
- Scientists say that organoids could help them figure out how to make hair follicles in the lab.
- When two kinds of cells were put together, nearly perfect hair strands were made.
- After 23 days in the lab, the organoids turned into 3 mm hairs.
- As the organism grew, scientists watched how it changed and changed colour to learn more about the chemicals involved.
- Organoid transplantation made hair cycle activity possible for regeneration.
- The scientists hope that this model could help them learn more about how hairs are made.
- In addition to testing drugs to change hair colour and grow hair, and fix hair growth.
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