New Hair Loss Gene (APCDD1) Identified?

June 14th, 2010 admin

According to an article published in Nature Magazine, Dermatologists, Geneticists, and Neurobiologists from institutions such as Columbia University, Stanford University, and Rockefeller University may have identified a new hair loss gene. While studying hereditary hypotrichosis simplex – a rare condition that causes hair follicle miniaturization and aggressive, abnormal hair loss, scientists found a common mutation in


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