A breakthrough in hair growth has been made as scientists from Northwestern University may have found a way to help avoid baldness. According to the study, first published in the journal PNAS, hair follicles stiffen as people age. This makes it more difficult for hair to grow, Daily Record reports.
However, the researchers suggest that this process can be avoided if hair follicles are softened as it becomes more likely that hair is produced. The study found a way to help hair growth by softening the stem cells through boosting production of a tiny RND, miR-205 - the particles that relax the hardness of the cells.
The study was carried out on mice, with the scientists genetically manipulating the stem cells in order to make them produce more miR-205. Hair growth recorded in mice young and old. Senior author of the study and professor of pathology and dermatology at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois, Rui Yi, told SciTechDaily: “They started to grow hair in 10 days.
