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Why does our hair turn white?

Modulating your stress levels will help you prevent many problems, including your hair colour

23-Jan-2020

Key points from article :

Researchers are trying to find out why stress makes our hair white.

Experiments done on mice showed that stem cells became damaged after intense stress.

Researchers want to develop a drug that prevents hair colour loss from ageing.

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Harvard University

Private Ivy League research university in Massachusetts

Nature

Scientific journal covering research from a variety of academic disciplines, mostly in science and technology

Ya-Chieh Hsu

Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University

Topics mentioned on this page:
Stem Cells, Hair loss