Hair follicle cloning, Can Overcome Baldness

Baldness hair into a problem a lot of people, both men and women. No wonder the number of hair health experts racing to find a cure for baldness overcome.

One alternative offered was cloned hair follicles. While waiting for the results of experiments on humans, the technique is at least successful in experiments on mice. At that time, researchers implanting hair follicles in mice feet.

The results of this study has been a major challenge for scientists at the University of Melbourne and St Vincent's Hospital, Berlin Technical University and British company Intercytex to increase the number of hair follicles that can be duplicated head.

At present, the hair generally produces one or two clones. "We have to find a way of improving outcomes 'harvest'," said Lead researcher at St Vincent, Prof Rod Sinclair, as quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald. "We must find a way to double to 1,000 the hair dryer."

Sinclair said cloning is difficult because each strand of hair, including the follicle, was a complete organ like the kidneys or liver. "Human stem cells are actually pretty weak and that's one of the problems we have," he said.

To clone hair, scientists extract stem cells from the hair follicle, multiply them in a container, then mengimplantasi to the scalp. "They have to produce thick hair, long, and a certain level of curliness," said Sinclair.

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