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Gene responsible for rare total hair loss may hold clues to baldness Discovery may help scientists better understand how strands grow, fall out
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Scientists have discovered a gene that causes a rare and extreme
form of hair loss, a finding they say could one day point to better
remedies for common hereditary baldness.
Researchers found the gene appropriately named "hairless" by
studying a Pakistani family plagued for generations by an inherited
form of alopecia universalis.
Sufferers are born without eyelashes or eyebrows, quickly lose the
hair on top of the head and never grow any body hair.
It's a far cry from the mo...
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SCIENTISTS FIND A HAIR-LOSS GENE
The Columbian
; LAURAN NEERGAARD The Columbian 02-02-1998 WASHINGTON — Scientists seeking a remedy for baldness say they have discovered a gene that causes a rare kind of hair loss. The finding, reported in the journal Science, may one day lead to better remedies for more common types of baldness.
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Atrichia With Papular Lesions Often Misdiagnosed.(as alopecia universalis)
Skin & Allergy News
; ... The hair follicle is destroyed, so there is no way that any treatment could possibly be of benefit, she told SKIN & ALLERGY NEWS. Traditionally, APL has been diagnosed primarily in individuals from consanguineous families, in whom the trait is anticipated ...
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Dermatopathology myths
Dermatology Times
; Question is: Will future derms know any better? Chicago - A profound understanding of embryology, histology, and anatomy are requisite to the comprehension of pathologic processes in general, and to the pathology of the hair follicle and nail unit, in particular, according to New York City
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 "The Saturday Star (South Africa)")
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A silver lining unlike any other.(News)
The Saturday Star (South Africa)
; BYLINE: Dheshnie Govender Beautifully silver, long and elegant, it rests among a sea of black. I pick at it; trying to rescue it from the surrounding mass of darkness. I tug, but it seems more resilient, as though comfortable as the odd one out. The battle begins, but I will not give up. Like a
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Hair follicle drug testing rejected in California.(Legal Developments)
Drug Detection Report
; Deborah M. v. Superior Court of San Diego County No. D045854 California Court of Appeals, Fourth District The California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, ruled that California law and federal regulations permit urine testing, but not hair follicle testing, to determine whether a person has used
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