{"id":11889,"date":"2024-09-17T09:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T16:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11889"},"modified":"2024-08-10T09:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T16:50:49","slug":"sugar-gel-triggers-robust-hair-regrowth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11889","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Hair Regrowth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scientists may have accidentally stumbled upon a potential new treatment for the most common form of baldness. It even works as well as commercial hair loss treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It all started with\u00a0research\u00a0on deoxyribose sugar that naturally occurs in the body and helps form DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While studying how these sugars\u00a0heal the wounds of mice<\/a>\u00a0when applied topically, scientists at the University of Sheffield and COMSATS University in Pakistan noticed that the fur around the lesions was growing back faster than in untreated mice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, the team designed a biodegradable, non-toxic gel made from deoxyribose, and applied the treatment to mouse models of male-pattern baldness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minoxidil was also tested on balding mouse models, and some of the animals received a dose of both sugar gel and<\/em> minoxidil for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to mice that received a gel without any medicine, those that received a gel with deoxyribose sugar began to sprout new hair follicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both minoxidil and the sugar gel promoted 80 to 90 percent hair regrowth in mice with male pattern baldness. Combining the treatments, however, did not make much more of a difference.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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