Deadly superbug confirmed in 23 states can hide in your hair follicles — and rewire your immune system

Deadly superbug confirmed in 23 states can hide in your hair follicles — and rewire your immune system

This creepy discovery could leave you scratching your head. A new study found that a deadly fungus can burrow deep into hair follicles, rewire the immune system and transform human skin into what one researcher described as a “perfect nest” for infection. And the threat may be closer than you think. Cases of the superbug … Read more

A cure for baldness? Scientists grow hair follicles in new breakthrough

A cure for baldness? Scientists grow hair follicles in new breakthrough

Baldness could soon be a thing of the past. A team of Japanese researchers has successfully grown mature hair follicles in a lab, an advancement in the battle against hair loss. Scientists from Yokohama National University — who have been studying hair follicle growth and hair pigmentation — generated hair follicles in petri dishes using … Read more