DNA Sugar Gel Shows Promise for Hair Regrowth in Mouse Study
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Carly Cassella
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In 2024, researchers at the University of Sheffield and COMSATS University in Pakistan discovered that deoxyribose, a naturally occurring sugar that helps form DNA, can stimulate robust hair regrowth when applied topically. Originally studying the sugar's wound-healing properties in mice, they noticed accelerated fur regrowth around treated lesions. This unexpected finding offers a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair loss worldwide.
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In 2024, scientists stumbled upon a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair loss in both men and women worldwide.
It began with research on a naturally occurring sugar that helps form DNA: the 'deoxyribose' part of deoxyribonucleic acid.
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