Stem cells vs alopecia

• April 23, 2024

The application of stem cells in the fight against diseases, now extends to the head specifically against the alopecia , because several studies have found that these cells stimulate the growth of hair in areas where it no longer grew.

On the one hand, scientists from Yale University carried out experiments with mice injected with stem cells, injecting these cells (adipocytes) in mice, with which they managed to stimulate the growth of hair in these animals, according to information from BBC World.

It is a type of fat cells in the skin which are the source of the chemical compounds necessary for the growth of hair . When a hair begins to grow, there is a four-fold increase in the number of fat cells "precursors" in the skin around the hair follicle .

By injecting the growth factor into the skin of the bald mice, managed to promote the growth of hair in 86% of the follicles and 100 times faster than local cells, which promotes the growth of it.

Meanwhile, Canadian scientists conducted experiments on humans suffering from alopecia , making the hair I would grow up again in places where I had stopped doing it.

His technique is to take part of the skin of the scalp in which the alopecia, which is usually the upper part of the neck. Then, those cells are isolated, known as the CSC, which are capable of regenerating new hair follicles .

In this way, the culture broth formed with the isolated cells of the scalp can be injected below the skin . Thus, the hair can grow back over time.

According to the portal 20minutos.es, this ability to regenerate hair It is an advance that to date nobody has achieved, which has not been achieved with oral treatments or surgical interventions.

In both cases, some other clinical studies must still be carried out before having the necessary authorizations from the regulatory bodies for their launch.

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