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Study: Cure for Baldness Could Happen in 5 Years
Fox News ^
| December 16, 2010
Posted on 12/22/2010 7:43:19 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
German scientists have successfully grown hair follicles from stem cells, and claim it could translate into a cure for baldness in the next five years, BioScholar.com reported.
The stem cells used in the study at Berlins Technical University were taken from animals, but researchers said they hope to use human stem cells within a year.
Professor Roland Lauster said the study could result in a baldness treatment for as much as 80 percent of people who suffer from hair loss.
Since 1950 the number of new chemicals used in cosmetics has risen 500fold, and so has the need for animals to be experimented upon to ensure they are safe for humans, he said. This could well do away with the need for them to suffer.
The University of Pennsylvania discovered similar findings in 2004, but failed to produce a cure for baldness.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 5yearsfromnow; baldness; hair; in5years; ornot
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To: MinorityRepublican
You are meddling in the fundamental forces of the UNIVERSE!
There are reasons some men must be bald. Now can someone please splain them to me???
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:45:10 PM PST
by
corkoman
To: MinorityRepublican
Doesn’t sound like good news for the hat industry.
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:46:08 PM PST
by
r-q-tek86
("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)
To: corkoman
So the rest of us can have a head full of hair ;^)
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:46:51 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Good news for the Vice-Emperor Biden. He won’t have to staple his own asshairs to his scalp anymore.
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:49:06 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: MinorityRepublican
I just read the article to Mrs. randog. She liked the part about animal stem cells; she thinks I would look good with porcupine hair.
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:49:22 PM PST
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: MinorityRepublican
For some, saw palmetto already does that.
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:50:00 PM PST
by
meatloaf
To: MinorityRepublican
BS,Captain Picard was bald and that's HUNDREDS of years from now.
And Bones couldn't cure the common cold either.
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:50:04 PM PST
by
Happy Rain
("Every Christmas the Leftist atheists become "hatetheists.")
To: MinorityRepublican
The stem cells used in the study at Berlins Technical University were taken from animals Now what kind of animal suffers from baldness?...An eagle maybe?
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:50:14 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month)
To: MinorityRepublican; fanfan
Hey, worked on this guy's eyebrows:
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:50:40 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:50:50 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:51:41 PM PST
by
Misterioso
(If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.- Ayn Rand)
To: mylife
Raccoon stem cells did that!
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:52:38 PM PST
by
WOSG
(Carpe Diem)
To: MinorityRepublican
Who’da thought that rubbing dead babies on your scalp could cure baldness?
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:52:47 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(What's your zombie plan?)
To: mylife
To: WOSG
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:53:57 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:54:52 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: MinorityRepublican
"The University of Pennsylvania discovered similar findings in 2004, but failed to produce a cure for baldness." Like alternative fuels , the technology for implementation of stem cell "break throughs" is always 5 years down the road.
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posted on
12/22/2010 7:55:21 PM PST
by
NoLibZone
(Homosexuals oppose diversity.)
To: MinorityRepublican
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