DNA Damage Turns the Hair Gray

In humans, gray hair is listed among life's certainties, alongside growing old. However, thus far researchers have had no idea as to what is causing it. The only known thing about the growth process was that two types of cells are required for the hair to develop and get colored, and tha... [ read more >> ]

Hair in mice turned gray after their cells were subjected to chemotherapy

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Image credits: Ken Inomata / Kanazawa University

Hair in mice turned gray after their cells were subjected to chemotherapy