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In what could be a groundbreaking treatment for hair loss, Japanese scientists have, for the first time ever, grown hair follicles in a lab.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Grow Hair Follicles in Laboratory for the First Time

By Noor Al-Sibai

Using gene modification techniques, a team of researchers have come up with a new promising way to treat balding, a condition experienced by millions.

Scientists Are Working on a Gene-Hacking Drug That Could Treat Baldness

By Victor Tangermann

Low doses of minoxidil, the active ingredient in Rogaine, may reverse balding super cheaply — and yet most of us still haven't heard of it.

RX and Medicine

Doctors Say a Random Cheap Pill May Actually Reverse Balding

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ernesto Lujan, a biologist and founder of medical startup dNovo, says his company has successfully transplanted human hair stem cells onto a mouse.

Scientists Are Growing Human Hair on Mice to Transplant to Bald People

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of Japanese scientists cultured stem cells into hair follicles that can naturally grow back lost hair after it falls out.

These Lab-Grown Follicles Could Offer New Treatment for Baldness

By Dan Robitzski

A new flexible patch could reverse baldness by shocking people's scalps with electricity. On bald mice, it works better than Rogaine.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Say This High Tech Baseball Cap Can Reverse Baldness

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are closer than ever to a cure for baldness, thanks to cloned stem cells and 3D-printed scaffolding that could let new hairs take root.

Health & Medicine

Baldness Could Soon Be Cured for Real — if You’re Rich

By Dan Robitzski

If You Think McDonald’s Fries Will Cure Baldness, Sorry, But You Don’t Deserve Hair

Health & Medicine

If You Think McDonald’s Fries Will Cure Baldness, Sorry, But You Don’t Deserve Hair

By Kristin Houser

We Just Figured out How to Activate Stem Cells to Treat Baldness

Health & Medicine

We Just Figured out How to Activate Stem Cells to Treat Baldness

2020: The Year We Have A Cure For Baldness?

Science & Energy

2020: The Year We Have A Cure For Baldness?

By Neil C. Bhavsar