Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk.

Drug Week | October 31, 2008 | Copyright

This release is also available in French. Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct. 12 in the journal Nature Genetics (see also McGill University).

About a third of all men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 45. The condition's social and economic impact is considerable: expenditures for hair transplantation in the United States alone exceeded ...

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