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A groundbreaking study from NYU Grossman School of Medicine has shed new light on the causes of gray hair. It also focuses on the unique properties of melanocyte stem cells (McSCs) found in hair follicles. The study reveals that as people age, McSCs lose their ability to move between growth compartments in hair follicles. This ultimately affects hair color. The research improves our understanding of the mechanisms underlying hair pigmentation. It also opens up the possibility of developing treatments to reverse or prevent graying in humans. Published in the journal Nature on April 19, the study focused on cells present...

Gray hair -- one of the classic signs of aging that can lead to a midlife crisis for some -- may some day be a thing of the past, much to the chagrin of hair-dye manufacturers and Corvette salesmen. A team of European researchers claims to have found not only the root cause of gray hair, but also a treatment for the condition. Additionally, their treatment may help people with vitiligo, a condition that causes the loss of pigment in patches of skin, they say. It's been known for years that hair turns gray due to a natural buildup of...

Stanford, CA (AHN) - European scientists have found that four enzymes cause hair to turn gray. The breakthrough findings introduce leads on how to stop hair from graying. The researchers from the Universities of Bradford, Mainz and Luebeck, whose findings are published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's journal, found that lack of the enzyme catalase causes the build up of hydrogen peroxide, which blocks the production of the enzyme tyrosinase. Tyrosinase produces melanin, the hair's natural pigment. There is also a reduction of repair enzymes A and B preventing hair follicles from repairing the damage caused...

Gray hairs may unlock mysteries of skin cancer WASHINGTON — No doubt many researchers have gotten gray hair trying to find ways to defeat cancer. Now scientists say gray hair itself may yield clues to fighting the deadly disease. It turns out that melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, involves melanocytes, the cells that help color hair and skin.So researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston decided to investigate what happens when these cells become depleted, allowing hair to go gray.“Preventing the graying of hair is not our goal,” said senior researcher David E. Fisher. “What we...

Help! Teen daughter is having a swim party and the house is being run over by pissy little twits who can't go outside because they might get hot. What?!? Swim?!? Of course not! We just washed our hair and used conditioner and it took sooooo long to dry. Ooooh, did you know my boyfriend said..... Oooooh, I went shopping and I bought this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and.... Egads! Calgon take me away! And they're spending the night!!! It's been an hour and I simply can't take it any more. I seriously...

WHO'LL STOP THE GRAY? Tune: "Who'll Stop the Rain?" Long as I remember, I've looked thirty-three. I hear the waitress sayin', "Must see some ID." Who can guess my age is Fifty years today? And I wonder, Still I wonder: Who'll spot the gray? Won't do Grecian Form'la, And I don't want Just For Men. I can say the white hairs Are blond ones just mixed in. Still the gray keeps comin', More and more each day, And I wonder, Still I wonder: Who'll stop the gray? Tried to trim the white ones Out of my goatee, But if I...