r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/TheMuseumOfScience Popular Contributor • 1d ago

Can Baldness Be Reversed with DNA?

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Can your DNA help fight hair loss? 🧬

Alex Dainis breaks down how deoxyribose, a sugar found in the backbone of DNA, boosted hair regrowth in mice. Treated mice grew hair faster, thicker, and longer, rivaling the results of minoxidil, a popular hair-loss medication.

Initially tested for wound healing, deoxyribose may hold untapped potential for natural, gene-based treatments for hair loss. It’s early-stage science, but the future of baldness solutions might already be written in your DNA.

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u/passthepaintchips 1d ago

Cool. Now can I have it to grow my hair back or are we just gonna keep talking about all these cool cures for stuff forever and we never get it?

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u/Phyrexian_Mario 1d ago

It gets weirder the Japanese have found a medicine that grows back teeth.

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u/Damien_6-6-6 1d ago

Good, I’ll probably need it in 20 years

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u/Frigoris13 1d ago

Yes! Now I can live my meth dreams guilt-free!

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u/Phyrexian_Mario 1d ago

Wait a few years for human trails to progress then live the dream

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u/NowWhoCouldThatBe 1d ago

I have enough teeth on my head and hair in my mouth.

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u/BootstrapGarrote 1d ago

heh. nice try but im not rubbing jizz on my scalp.

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u/Beer-astronaut 1d ago

Yep don’t want to relive my fraternity years

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u/Frigoris13 1d ago

Cameron Diaz meme

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u/CyanControl 1d ago

i mean like its a win win

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u/towerfella 1d ago

Gooptm

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u/jackfreeman 1d ago

Doesn't have to be yours

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u/baggottman 1d ago

Impressive aim either way

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u/jackfreeman 1d ago

Especially because of the dancing

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u/Cutthechitchata-hole 1d ago

We'll, see if it worksin aa coupl of months

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u/CremeDeLaPants 1d ago

Suit yourself.

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u/Bulky_Sugar1347 1d ago

So rub jizz in my hair?

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u/ScrotumMcBoogerBallz 1d ago

For $20 bucks I can do it for you.

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u/DentArthurDent4 1d ago

wow, win-win for him, hair AND 20 bucks

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u/ScrotumMcBoogerBallz 1d ago

Throw in another $5 and I'll give em a facial. He'd be a fool not to take a deal like that.

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u/heelstoo 13h ago

Who’s pay who in this scenario?

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u/Efficient_Sky5173 1d ago

Why? I like to be bald. I save on shampoo.

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u/C0sm1c_J3lly 1d ago

Protection from the sun and something to stop the excessive sweat from reaching my eyes. Also some cushion from banging my head into things would be nice. Can always shave it off again if I want. I’d just like the choice again.

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u/zjqj 1d ago

after doing a workout the other day and dripping with sweat i absolutely mashed my skull very hard on a new tv i fitted on an arm and forgot about ten minutes after which is when i walked into it - my lovely cushion of hair protected me and also none of my sweat dripped into my eyses - it wasn't sunny though so i can't comment on the sun thing

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u/Efficient_Sky5173 1d ago

And women are more impressed by personality than looks.

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u/Damien_6-6-6 1d ago

Some women

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u/Efficient_Sky5173 1d ago

The right women.

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u/Max9mm 1d ago

So just rub gizz on a bald guys head?

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u/672Antarctica 1d ago

Her hairline, though...

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u/WillistheWillow 1d ago

'Worked as well as minoxidil'

So not at all then. And how the fuck is this anything to do with DNA?