Human hair grows on bald mice. Is this the end of alopecia?
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:28 am
Today, many people, especially men over 30, suffer from alopecia, a pathological hair loss on the head. The cause of baldness can be different, ranging from severe stress to serious diseases such as cancer. It so happens that luxurious hair on the head is considered a very attractive feature of people, so many are trying in every way to prevent or cure alopecia.
At the moment, the most effective way to eliminate baldness is to transplant hair from other parts of the body, such as the chin, chest, legs and even the groin area. But scientists from all over the world are trying to create a tool that triggers hair growth without resorting to surgery. Recently, representatives of phone number list the dNovo company published a photo of a bald laboratory mouse, on whose body a tuft of human hair grew. Have they really developed an effective remedy against baldness?
Lab mouse with human hair
The picture shows that a thick tuft of hair has indeed grown on the side of the bald rodent. According to dNovo CEO Ernesto Lujan, they were able to achieve this effect by creating hair follicles from human blood and fat cells. That is, they took ordinary cells, which humans have in abundance, and genetically modified them so that they turned into hair follicles.
"Today, in the field of biology, we don't think of cells as something clearly defined. We can transform one type of cell into another," the entrepreneur explained.
At the moment, the most effective way to eliminate baldness is to transplant hair from other parts of the body, such as the chin, chest, legs and even the groin area. But scientists from all over the world are trying to create a tool that triggers hair growth without resorting to surgery. Recently, representatives of phone number list the dNovo company published a photo of a bald laboratory mouse, on whose body a tuft of human hair grew. Have they really developed an effective remedy against baldness?
Lab mouse with human hair
The picture shows that a thick tuft of hair has indeed grown on the side of the bald rodent. According to dNovo CEO Ernesto Lujan, they were able to achieve this effect by creating hair follicles from human blood and fat cells. That is, they took ordinary cells, which humans have in abundance, and genetically modified them so that they turned into hair follicles.
"Today, in the field of biology, we don't think of cells as something clearly defined. We can transform one type of cell into another," the entrepreneur explained.