RESEARCHERS in California have found a potential new direction for treatments for baldness with the discovery of a connection between regulatory T-cells, a type of immune system cell, and healthy hair growth.

The study by scientists at the University of California San Francisco published online this week showed that without regulatory T-cells, or Tregs, stem cells in the skin cannot regenerate hair follicles, leading to baldness.

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