Source of New Hair (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Source of New Hair

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The source of new hair: For the first time, researchers have been able to take human dermal papilla cells (those inside the base of human hair follicles) and use them to create new hairs.

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Claire Higgins/Christiano Lab at Columbia University Medical Center

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