Hair-Raising Technology, Literally.
Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 15:15 
Does having hair really make you happy?If your hair up north is heading south, you may have considered seeing a doctor to help you cover your shiny scalp or have even taken matters into your own hands. But the medications don't always work, and toupees can look fake, so what's a guy with a receding hair line to do?
A company in Britain claims to have found the answer: hair cloning. With a procedure that reproduces new hair from the healthy follicles on your head, Interytex claims to have successfully implanted cloned hair cells into five of seven patients, giving these lucky guys a full head of hair. There are, as of yet, no published results, but the company says that it is now moving on to further trials on men with male pattern baldness and even hopes to try it on women facing bare scalps from alopecia.
While it may be years before this procedure is available to the public, hair cloning is raising hope for many men—and women—with ever-receding hairlines. For complete article click here




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