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health1 month ago•4 min saved

Gray Hair: A Visible Clue to the Body’s Stress Defenses

Gray hair may reveal how hair follicles respond to cellular stress: melanocyte stem cells can shift from pigment production to a protective state under genotoxic or oxidative stress, trading color for safety. It’s not a disease predictor, but a visible sign of the body’s defense and aging processes—and while you can’t reverse the underlying biology, a healthy lifestyle can support cellular resilience by reducing oxidative and inflammatory load.

via Iowa Park Leader|

#aging #gray-hair #hair-follicle

science2 months ago•4 min saved

Lab-Grown Hair Follicles Reach Growth Milestone in Mice

Researchers created fully functional hair follicles in the lab using a three-cell recipe (epithelial stem cells, dermal papilla cells, and accessory mesenchymal cells), enabling growth cycles and tissue attachment in mice; this marks progress toward lab-grown hair restoration and organ regeneration, though human trials are not yet underway and scaling/transplantation remain challenges. OrganTech partly funded the work, and the findings were published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

via ScienceAlert|

#hair #hair-follicle #organ-regeneration

science7 months ago•5 min saved

Breakthrough Study Suggests Gray Hair Could Be Permanently Reversed

A groundbreaking study suggests that gray hair may be reversibly colored by restoring the proper movement and timing of pigment stem cells within hair follicles, potentially leading to treatments that can reverse or prevent graying by fixing cellular traffic issues, based on research in mice and applicable to humans.

via Earth.com|

#cell-movement #gray-hair #hair-color-reversal

health8 months ago•4 min saved

Scientists Discover Potential Cure for Baldness

Scientists have developed a new drug, PP405, that reactivates dormant hair follicles by increasing lactate levels, showing promise as a potential cure for baldness. The drug has passed safety trials and is set to undergo effectiveness testing next year, offering a different approach from current treatments by actively promoting hair growth rather than just slowing loss.

via Men's Health|

#hair-follicle #hair-loss #health

science3 years ago•1 min saved

The Science Behind Gray Hair: Researchers Uncover the Mystery

Scientists have discovered that melanocyte stem cells become stuck inside the hair follicle and are unable to produce pigment, causing hair to turn grey as we age. The pigment-producing part of a stem cell changes as the hair ages, sheds, and grows back. The stem cells get stuck in a part of the hair follicle called the hair follicle bulge, failing to mature into fully-fledged melanocytes. The researchers suggest that their findings could open up a potential way to reverse or prevent grey hair by helping jammed cells to move again between developing hair follicle compartments.

via NDTV|

#ageing #grey-hair #hair-follicle