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.

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