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Researchers find clues to baldness, gray hair with mice

Scientists trying to understand a rare genetic disease realized they identified two proteins that cause balding and gray hair, at least in mice.

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Scientists trying to understand a rare genetic disease realized they identified two proteins that cause balding and gray hair, at least in mice. Further research will determine whether it has the same effect on people. (TIME)

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