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Does this bristly mouse hold the secret cure to baldness?
Scientists from the Tokyo University of Science took two types of skin stem cell, which together contain all the instructions for a hair follicle, and grew them in the lab until they formed immature follicles.
These were then implanted on the backs of hairless mice and, within two to three weeks, they sprouted hairs. The technique was also used to grow whiskers.
Excitingly, the mice also grew tufts of hair when human stem cells, gleaned from the scalp of a balding man were used, the journal Nature Communications reports.
These were then implanted on the backs of hairless mice and, within two to three weeks, they sprouted hairs. The technique was also used to grow whiskers.
Excitingly, the mice also grew tufts of hair when human stem cells, gleaned from the scalp of a balding man were used, the journal Nature Communications reports.
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