Graying and balding of hair has come to be viewed as a natural progression of aging process while the scientific reasons behind the process have been remained unknown for long. Hopefully, that will end sooner than later.
Dr. Lu Le and his team at the lab of the UT Southwestern Medical Center researched in this area for the past 10 years, and the findings were published in the May 2017 edition of Gene and Development based on the research conducted on mice.
The team found a protein, KROX20, that is likely to be responsible for hair growth. There is another protein, formally known as stem cell factor (SCF), has been found to influence hair color. SCF is found in KROX20 cells. When researchers have eliminated SCF from KROX20 cells in mice, the animals' hairs have first turned gray and then white, leading researchers to believe that SCF is a key influencer of hair color. When researchers have eliminated KROX20 from the hair shaft cells of mice, they have gone bald.
Dr. Lu Le and his team at the lab of the UT Southwestern Medical Center researched in this area for the past 10 years, and the findings were published in the May 2017 edition of Gene and Development based on the research conducted on mice.
The team found a protein, KROX20, that is likely to be responsible for hair growth. There is another protein, formally known as stem cell factor (SCF), has been found to influence hair color. SCF is found in KROX20 cells. When researchers have eliminated SCF from KROX20 cells in mice, the animals' hairs have first turned gray and then white, leading researchers to believe that SCF is a key influencer of hair color. When researchers have eliminated KROX20 from the hair shaft cells of mice, they have gone bald.
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