Baldness, or alopecia areata, is something that people have been dealing with since the history of the human species, over the years people have grown accustomed to its inevitability and have accepted it as a part of aging, and a part of life. However, according to researchers from Columbia University, baldness is not something we all have to accept. Researchers have linked the cause of hair loss to eight specific genes in humans. They found out that people who carry at least 16 or more alopecia-associated genes will be at a higher risk of hair loss. To the researchers delight, and honestly, a very convenient coincidence, the exact same genes have already been linked to diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. "This greatly accelerated our ability to think about new drugs for these patients, since so much work has already been done for the other two diseases." Said Dr. Angela Christiano of the Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
From the findings of these eight genes, geneticists will finally be able to cure something so common and simple. For some people balding is very depressing and eventually people wont have to wear awful wigs anymore. I think this discovery will be very helpful in the future and people like Donald Trump wont have to look so ridiculous anymore.The study itself was posted in the July issue of the Journal of Nature.
