In the News – Genetic On-Off Switch Found?
Snippet from the article:
Scientists have identified the gene that keeps females female. An international team found that the action of a single gene is all that stops females from developing male physical traits, including testes and facial hair.
When this gene was artificially “switched off†in adult female mice their ovaries began to turn into testes and they started to produce a level of testosterone found in healthy male mice.
Read the full article at TimesOnline UK
Maybe this type of finding will give us insights to those people who express the genes for hair loss in a somewhat random generation ‘skip’ pattern. Regardless, this is very interesting and exciting news!
I hope soon they will be able to “switch off” my balding gene!
Hey Doc,
I really love these sciency articles you pull out once in a while to see what you’ve got your eyes on with regards to hair related, semi hair related, and non hair related scientific advances. It varries the conversation a bit and keeps things interesting. Keep up the great work and continued success in 2009!!!