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Study Links 'Stuck' Stem Cells To Hair Turning Gray

Study Links 'Stuck' Stem Cells To Hair Turning Gray

Certain stem cells have a unique ability to move between growth compartments in hair follicles, but get stuck as people age and so lose their ability to mature and maintain hair color, a new study shows. Led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the new work focused on cells in the skin of …

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It’s True: Stress Does Turn Hair Gray (And It’s Reversible)

Gray Hair Linked To Immune System

Legend has it that Marie Antoinette’s hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate — hair that has already grown out of the follicle does not change color — a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is the first to offer …

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Scientists Unveil Potential Treatment for Gray Hair and Skin Condition Vitiligo

Scientists Unveil Potential Treatment for Gray Hair and Skin Condition Vitiligo

Unwanted gray hair may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new compound that reverses oxidative stress in the hair follicle. Researchers have announced that a treatment for gray hair may well be on the horizon. A team of European researchers have discovered that gray hair occurs when there is massive oxidative …

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