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Researchers find new genetic links to baldness

Posted: October 13th 2008 By editor1         under: Hair and Skin Care     Tags: , , , ,

Researchers from England and Germany find some new genetic links to male pattern baldness.

Felix F. Brockschmidt, who is one of the authors of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bonn, says: “This one is the second link to the kind of hair loss that a lot of men and women have to face with increasing age.” The study has been published online in the journal Nature Genetics Oct.12 issue.

“The first gene that we know about is found on the X chromosome and it is considered the most important for hair loss (alopecia) and the new locus that have just found would be the second most important,” Brockschmidt said.

“The findings would pave a new better way for genetic tests to single out men who may suffer hair loss as they age. The X chromosomes locus screening will prove helpful to show the risk of male pattern baldness in certain men.” He added

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