UCLA scientists accidentally cured some stressed out mice:

“We went back to our data log, and we realized all the mice had grown hair. It was a totally unexpected finding.”

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The mice used in the experiments had been genetically altered to overproduce a stress hormone called corticotrophin-releasing factor, or CRF. To block the action of CRF, the researchers injected the mice with a peptide called astressin-B. The experiment was designed to measure how much the peptide would inhibit the effects of stress on the colon.

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The mechanism by which the peptide triggered hair growth isn’t known, Dr. Mulugeta said. The agent appears to be acting on stress hormone receptors in the skin and near, or within, the hair follicle. “The hair follicle in these mice is inactive,’’ he said. “Something has turned on that cycle to put it back into an active phase, a hair-growing phase.’’

but alas,

Dr. Mulugeta agreed that any treatment for humans is, at best, years away.

maybe in five years?

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