Potential for solution to baldness? Surprising clues about communication in hair stem cell populations
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
In one of the first studies to look at the population behavior of a large pool of stem cells in thousands of hair follicles -- as opposed to the stem cell of a single hair follicle -- scientists deciphered how hair stem cells in mice and rabbits can communicate with each other and encourage mutually coordinated regeneration.