News tagged with loss of hair


Now hear this: Researchers identify forerunners of inner-ear cells that enable hearing

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a group of progenitor cells in the inner ear that can become the sensory hair cells and adjacent supporting cells that enable hearing. Studying these ...

Medical research created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

An important LINC in human hearing

In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Karen Avraham and colleagues at Tel Aviv University identified a genetic mutation in two families with hereditary high frequency hearing loss.

Medical research created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The skin aging regulator

Despite progress in regenerative medicine, with age, the skin loses its properties in an irreversible manner. The ATIP-Avenir team "Epidermal homeostasis and tumorigenesis" directed by Chloé Féral, an Inserm ...

Medical research created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sensory hair cells regenerated, hearing restored in mammal ear

Hearing loss is a significant public health problem affecting close to 50 million people in the United States alone. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form and is caused by the loss of sensory ...

Neuroscience created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (39) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Abraxane approved to treat advanced lung cancer

(HealthDay)—Abraxane (paclitaxel protein-bound) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—in combination with the drug carboplatin—to treat advanced or spreading non-small cell lung ...

Cancer created Oct 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rapidly progressive alopecia shows favorable prognosis

(HealthDay)—Patients with rapidly progressive alopecia areata (RPAA) tend to show favorable prognosis regardless of treatment selected, according to research published online Sept. 24 in the Journal of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia pathogenesis studied

(HealthDay)—Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2), which is activated by cowhage, may play a role in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), the most common cause of scarring hair loss in African-American ...

Cancer created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In gerbils, stem cells boost hopes of ending deafness

Scientists working with deaf gerbils said on Wednesday they had found a way of coaxing early stem cells into specialised ear cells that helped the rodents hear sound once more.

Medical research created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Childhood cancer scars survivors later in life

Scars left behind by childhood cancer treatments are more than skin-deep. The increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss caused by childhood cancer and treatment are associated with emotional distress and reduced ...

Cancer created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hair loss pathology identified in pityriasis versicolor lesions

(HealthDay) -- Patients with pityriasis versicolor (PV) lesions may experience hair thinning and/or loss within the lesion, according to a study published online May 10 in the Journal of the American Academy of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research identifies inhibitor causing male pattern baldness and target for hair-loss treatments

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified an abnormal amount a protein called Prostaglandin D2 in the bald scalp of men with male pattern baldness, a discovery that ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge

(AP) -- Federal regulators on Monday approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.

Medications created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0