Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Posted: October 4, 2005
Summary:
October 3, 2005 -- Using an animal model, a research team led by Yann Barrandon at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) and the CHUV (Lausanne University Hospital) has discovered that certain cells inside the hair follicle are true multipotent stem cells, capable of developing into the many different cell types needed for hair growth and follicle replacement.
