Human skin, including hair growth in a laboratory
For the first time, has managed a research team to breed a piece of human skin in the lab that has the ability to grow hair. The new method could open up a hair loss treatment. In addition, it is now possible to produce human hair, without removing it from the people.
Researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University present a novel method which makes it possible to grow artificial human skin, including hair growth in the laboratory. The results were recently presented in the prestigious scientific journal “Nature”.
Organoid: Cultured human cell associations
Organoids of small, lab-grown cell groups. This relatively young branch of research aims, real bodies synthesize. In this area, constantly gained new insights. For example, recently managed a research team, an artificial network of human blood vessels grow in the laboratory.
The first piece of artificial hair sprouting skin
In the current research work, for the first time a piece was manufactured, human, hair sprouting skin artificially. This method is particularly for the treatment of hair loss is interesting. The skin-Organoid was bred from early stages of human stem cells. These cells are found in embryonic development. The stem cells have the ability to develop later various specific cell types.
A quasi-unlimited source of human Haarre
“It is now possible to have human hair for the science, without it a people see,” explains Benjamin Woodruff, a doctoral student from the research team in a University news release. For the first Time, appeared to be almost unlimited source of human hair follicles for the research, it would be the scientist emphasized.
A breakthrough in the Organoid research
The new access to hair growing, researchers can skin help to understand the hair growth and hair development. The Organoid could also provide indications for the causes of hair loss and new treatment approaches are opening up. (vb)
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