BALDNESS CURED; Hairless mouse enjoys fringe benefits of new gene research.(News)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: September 28, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: By DAMIEN LANE

SCIENTISTS are on the verge of discovering a definitive cure for baldness after growing hair on a bald mouse, it was revealed yesterday.

Researchers corrected the faulty hairless gene in the rodent and found his fur began to grow back.

Mice and humans share the same gene for growing and shedding hair. But when it is faulty, hair doesn't grow back normally and over time people go bald, to varying degrees.

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