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Archive of entries posted on 26th June 2009

“Gray Hair Caused by Stress (Cell Stress, That Is)”

Um… if, as this article suggests, hair goes gray because the body is “forcing the [damaged stem cells in hair follicles] to mature” in preference to killing them off, why would the same scientists suggest that “we may soon have anti-graying creams for aging populations”? Wouldn’t you want those cells to mature, rather than continue [...]