The breakthrough findings were shared at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) conference on Thursday in Los Angeles.
Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have created hair follicles that grow through the skin using human induced pluripotent stem cells on mice – which could eventually be used to resolve baldness in humans.
The stunning findings received a Merit Award at the conference and Stemson Therapeutics has licensed the technology, according to Eureka Alert.
A potential cure for baldness was presented at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) conference on Thursday in Los Angeles where scientists were able to grow hair on hairless rats using human stem cells. The hair growth on a hairless rat pictured above, fluorescent microscopy image of hair follicles under the skin inset right
In trials scientists grafted human stem cells on mice cells and attached them to tiny scaffolds to control the direct of hair growth and help them integrate into the skin. Those scaffolds were then placed under the skin of mice and hair emerged through it.
Now scientists hope to apply the same process on humans.
'Our new protocol described today overcomes key technological challenges that kept our discovery from real-world use,' Dr Alexey Terskikh, an associate professor at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California said Thursday.
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