Snippet from the article:
Gray hair is, along with premature balding, one of the greatest fears of image-conscious men and women everywhere, but it may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at the Ito Lab at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have identified the proteins that cause gray hair, which could lead to an eventual cure.
Scientists have known for years that hair color is determined by the stem cells that guide the development of hair follicles working together with color-producing stem cells called melanocytes. Today, NYU researchers announced they had isolated the wnt protein, which serves to coordinate pigmentation between the two types of stem cells.
Read the rest — NYU Scientists Find Possible Cure for Gray Hair
Protein manipulations are getting closer and maybe what we learned from these rats will be available to humans in the future. Of course, we need assurances that it will be safe, so the breakthrough will have to grind through the FDA process… which might take years.
What’s the big deal about grey hair!? If you don’t like it dye it! Hair loss is what sucks! I’d rather be a George Clooney then a George Constanza any day!
I concur. Grey hair can be easily fixed with some cheap hair dye. Thinning hair is not so easy to deal with !!