Baldness, a trauma for men and women alike, could finally be cured - thanks to a new discovery by researchers.
Researchers have linked alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes hair thinning and hair loss, to eight genes, which are also related to other autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and typ-1 diabetes, Health Day reported.
Hair Loss in Men
A few men are only in their twenties when they begin to lose hair, but by the time men reach their fifties, more than 50% of them have what doctors would call 'significant hair loss'.
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The findings will likely open the floodgates for new treatments, say researchers.
According to Dr. Angela Christiano, professor of dermatology and genetics and development at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, this means that drugs already in development could be used to treat this condition - a huge advantage.
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Hair loss or Alopecia can be emotionally devastating to women but understanding reasons behind hair loss can help in prevention and treatment of hair loss.
However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved any treatments for alopecia areata.
One gene in particular - ULBP3 - attracted the toxic cells that attack the follicle, resulting in hair loss.
"It's like putting nectar on the hair follicle, then the 'bees' come in and do their damage," Fox News quoted Vicki Kalabokes, president and CEO of the Alopecia Foundation, as saying.
The study was published in the July issue of the journal Nature.
Source: ANI
Hair Loss in Women
Hair loss or Alopecia can be emotionally devastating to women but understanding reasons behind hair loss can help in prevention and treatment of hair loss.
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However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved any treatments for alopecia areata.
One gene in particular - ULBP3 - attracted the toxic cells that attack the follicle, resulting in hair loss.
"It's like putting nectar on the hair follicle, then the 'bees' come in and do their damage," Fox News quoted Vicki Kalabokes, president and CEO of the Alopecia Foundation, as saying.
The study was published in the July issue of the journal Nature.
Source: ANI
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