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Ed
11 yrs ago
Nothing reminds a man of his mortality more than a retreating hairline or the peach-fuzz feel of his thinning crown. For men entering middle age, effective ways to avoid hair loss can’t come soon enough. But balding has long proved a slippery foe for scientists. Despite decades of research, the fundamental biological mechanisms underlying it are not well understood. The question is whether there are any signs that this will change.
“For a long time there was a hiatus in term of coming up with new ideas,” says Angela Christiano of Columbia University in New York. “But right now is a really exciting time for the field.”
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131127-will-we-ever-banish-baldness
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