Every few years this comes back into the news:
Researchers have identified a gene linked to hair loss that could lead to new drugs to treat baldness.
The gene is responsible for a rare hereditary form of hair loss known as Hypotrichosis simplex, a condition affecting 1 in 200,000 people, in which people begin going bald in childhood, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Genetics.
“There is a very good chance of developing a therapy to treat hair loss based on this finding,” the study’s leader Regina Betz, a researcher at the Institute of Human Genetics, said in a telephone interview on Monday.
Bear in mind none of these are actual cures, they’re stop gap measures. Read more.