Penn Experts Identify Inhibitor Causing Male Pattern Baldness (VIDEO)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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George Cotsarelis, MD, explains that an abnormal amount a protein called Prostaglandin D2 inhibits hair growth in the bald scalp of men, a discovery that may lead directly to new treatments for male pattern baldness.

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Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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