baldness
Scientists may have discovered potential cure for baldness

Scientists may have discovered potential cure for baldness

We could be on the brink of a major breakthrough in preventing hair loss. A team of scientists at the University of Manchester have made a new cell discovery that has the potential to lead to a cure for baldness. The research found that a biological stress response can cause hair follicles to switch off and die, […]

1 year ago

Calling men bald is now sex harassment, judge rules

Calling men bald is now sex harassment, judge rules

The panel compared commenting on a man’s baldness to making a remark about a woman’s breasts. An employment tribunal in the UK has ruled that calling a man “bald” is a form of sexual harassment because hair loss is “inherently related to sex.” The tribunal was ruling on the case of an employee who had […]

4 years ago

Cure for baldness in sight as scientists make “critical breakthrough”

Cure for baldness in sight as scientists make “critical breakthrough”

Hugely promising. A cure for baldness could be within sight after scientists created hair that grows through the skin using human stem cells. Researchers in the United States said they had refined a method which allowed them to grow hair through the skin of mice using dermal papilla cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells. The […]

7 years ago

baldness | Joe.ie