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Alopecia Areata Gene Found

July 8, 2010
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Alopecia Areata Gene Found

New Hope for One Type Of Hair Loss | Alopecia Areata Hair loss specialists have long suspected a genetic component in premature hair loss because it seems to be passed down from parents to children. Now a team of Columbia University Medical Center researchers has identified eight genes linked to a specific type of alopecia called “alopecia...

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Hormone Replacement Therapy Treatment for Women Called into Question

June 3, 2010
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Treatment for Women Called into Question

Researchers at The University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital studied the DNA of over 500 women with severe cases of female pattern hair loss and discovered the presence of a new variant of the estrogen receptor beta gene (ESR2). What has surprised researchers is that this gene which seems to make hair follicles more...

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