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Stanford researchers find hair growth trigger

By Vianna Davila
Mercury News
Article Launched: 07/31/2008 02:19:52 PM PDT

Stanford University researchers have pinpointed a molecule that triggers hair follicle growth in mice, a treatment that one day could eventually mean some shaggy dos, or at least a few more strands, for humans who have experienced hair loss.

"Loss of hair is not going to kill anybody," said Dr. Peter Marinkovich, the study's senior author and an associate professor at Stanford University's School of Medicine. "At the same time, for some people, hair loss can be a really traumatic thing, especially for women."

Marinkovich said his team hopes to repeat the tests on animals treated with chemotherapy and later on human subjects.

The findings are "important in the long run," Cotsarelis said, calling the Stanford study, "one of the initial steps."

Contact Vianna Davila at vdavila@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5064.

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