DNA that Contains Male Baleness Genes Identified


Good news for hair-receding men:
Highlights from this article regarding genes that causes baldness from Health.com

  • 40 million men in the United States affected by baldness
  • The combination of two genes found to increase risk of baldness sevenfold
  • The discovery may one day help predict risk but not provide an absolute answer


Excerpts from the article:

They found that certain variations in a chunk of DNA located on chromosome 20 appear to increase the risk of male pattern baldness.

Even these chunk of DNA that related to risk of male pattern baldness was identified, there is no concrete solution yet to prevent or delay male baldness.

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