Scientists discover baldness solution "breakthrough" June 29, 2019 - 13:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Scientists have discovered a "critical breakthrough" in the treatment for baldness after creating natural-looking hair from stem cells, Sky News reports. US researchers said they have 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 study involved the human stem cells being combined with mice cells before they were attached to a 3D biodegradable scaffold made from the same material as dissolvable stitches. It helped control the direction of hair growth and aided the stem cells to integrate into the skin. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Los Angeles. "Our new protocol... overcomes key technological challenges that kept our discovery from real-world use," said Alexey Terskik, of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in California. "Now we have a robust, highly controlled method for generating natural-looking hair that grows through the skin using an unlimited source of human iPSC-derived dermal papilla cells.  Top stories A group of leading Turkish businessmen, academics and artists, including Osman Kavala, will go on trial. Citizens of Armenia, Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan were among the 60 travelers inside the bus that overturned not far from Siena. The group announced that it will commemorate the 104th anniversary of the Armenian genocide with a youth march on April 24 in Nicosia. The first explosion was reported in a church located in the capital. The other blasts followed within half an hour.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia parliament speaker meets U.S. lawmakers in D.C.  The President of the Armenian National Assembly met the Members of U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C.Canada will pay $1 bn settlement for claims of sexual misconduct in army The settlement reserves $900 million for both members of the class action lawsuits and current or former employees.Top court: Netherlands partially responsible for Srebrenica massacre "Dutchbat (Dutch battalion troops) acted unlawfully in the evacuation of 350 men," the court found.Music "reportedly calms nerves before surgery as well as sedative The song, written to reduce anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate, performed as well as a sedative in a study of 157 people. |
