| Gene therapy
tackles hair loss
The sonic
hedgehog gene triggers hair growth when slipped into hair follicles
in mice.
References:
Dlugosz, A.
1999. The Hedgehog and the hair follicle: A growing relationship. Journal
of Clinical Investigation 104(October):851.
Sato, N., P.L.
Leopold, and R.G. Crystal. 1999. Induction of the hair growth phase in
postnatal mice by localized transient expression of Sonic hedgehog. Journal
of Clinical Investigation 104(October):855.
Sources:
Ronald G.
Crystal
Cornell University
Weill Medical College
New York Presbyterian Hospital
520 East 70th Street
ST 505
New York, NY 10021
Andrzej Dlugosz
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Department of Dermatology
Comprehensive Cancer Center
3310 CCGC/Box 0932
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0932
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 18, October 30, 1999, p. 283. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |