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A Cure for Baldness?
http://news.discovery.com/human/baldness-cure-hair-loss-1102...
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15 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 3 hours agoA study investigating a new treatment for gastrointestinal disease had an unexpected side effect: It reversed baldness.Scientists were testing a new chemical compound on mice genetically altered to overproduce a stress hormone known as corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF), which, among other effects, causes mice to lose their hair as they age.
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