Scientists to break the hair loss, white hair mechanism is expected to develop special drugs in the future

Medical Network November 16th As the age increases, there will be many changes in the body. One of the most obvious is that the hair will be reduced or whitened. Previously, researchers did not understand what caused this phenomenon, which made people only use wigs or hair dyes to cover up such changes. The Economic Daily-China Economic Net Technology Channel found that recent research has shown that scientists are gradually clarifying the principles behind this, which makes the annoying change of treatment/mitigation no longer out of reach.

By studying the experimental mice, the scientists found special cells in the mouse that promote hair growth and possess color. The reason why they can find these hair progenitors is entirely the accident encountered when studying type 1 neurofibroma.

The researchers said that the project they initiated was intended to understand the process of specific tumor formation, but inadvertently discovered the cause of gray hair and hair loss. After understanding these mechanisms, it is expected to develop drugs to cure these appearance problems in the future.

Researchers know that skin stem cells are located in the bulge at the bottom of the hair follicle and they are involved in hair growth. But they are still not sure what makes skin cells turn into hair cells. This makes it impossible for people to perform targeted treatments or stimulate them to grow. In this study, when studying how tumors formed on nerve cells, the researchers discovered proteins that allowed cells to differentiate. This protein is involved in neural development, but in the hair follicles of mice, it can turn the skin into hair shafts and promote hair growth.

In the process of producing stem cell factor, many proteins play a role. When these protein molecules are fully expressed in a certain cell, they enter the hair bulb and interact with the pigment-producing melanocytes to grow into a healthy one. Color hair.

If there is a certain protein in the process, then the whole process may have problems. This study found out that when a protein is lacking in the differentiation process, the mouse becomes bald.

At present, this experiment has only been carried out in mice. Rats and humans are very similar, but there are still many differences. The experiment needs to be further convincing in humans. The team is also working to find similar proteins and stem cell factors in humans.

Economic Daily - China Economic Net Technology Channel noted that with regard to male hair loss, studies have shown that the risk of hair loss is related to the male gene is too strong. But these studies are more on the statistical level, and did not find a direct causal relationship between the two. Although the study was conducted only on mice, it provided a more direct correlation.

Both men and women hope to have lush and beautiful hair, and hope that this research will provide a good solution for people with hair loss in the future.