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Scientists Find Key to Curing Baldness
科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)治療禿頭的關(guān)鍵
Bald made a comeback years ago. Some men even shaving their heads before hair departed on its own, but many others say they would give anything to regrow their loss.
數(shù)年前，禿頭死灰復(fù)燃。一些男子干脆在頭發(fā)脫落之前剃光頭發(fā)，但是其他人則表示，他們會(huì)不惜一切代價(jià)讓脫發(fā)重生。
Now doctors say a big breakthrough could make that possible.
現(xiàn)在，醫(yī)生們表示，一項(xiàng)重大突破使得這個(gè)想法成為可能。
"This is definitely a step closer to finding a new way of treating hair loss."
“這距離找到治療脫發(fā)的方法又近了一步。”
While studying the cells of men undergoing hair transplants, Dr. George Costarelis says he and his team made a surprising discovery.
對(duì)接受了頭發(fā)移植的男性的細(xì)胞進(jìn)行研究之后，George Costarelis醫(yī)生表示，他和他的團(tuán)隊(duì)有了驚人的發(fā)現(xiàn)。
"Which is that if the scalp that’s bald still has the same number of stem cells as the scalp that’s not bald."
“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，禿頭的頭皮仍然有著和沒有禿的頭皮同樣數(shù)量的干細(xì)胞。”
The problem is, even though the stem cells exist they are not producing a different kind of cell called a progenitor cell.
問題是，即使這些干細(xì)胞仍然存在，卻不能生成另外一種不同的叫做祖細(xì)胞的細(xì)胞。
"These are the ones that are the work horse cells. They are constantly making the hair."
“這些是工作的細(xì)胞。它們不斷生成頭發(fā)。”
Doctor Costarelis says he is hopeful researchers will find a way to turn the inactive stem cells back on.
Costarelis醫(yī)生表示，他有信心，研究人員會(huì)找到讓這些失去活力的細(xì)胞恢復(fù)生機(jī)的辦法。
"We know the stem cells are present. They’re not gone. If they gone it would be more difficult to design a treatment, the current treatments are very good at maintaining the hair that you have. This one would be geared towards actually reversing hair loss. So even if you’re bald, theoretically this would be able to activate the stem cells and get new hair to grow in."
“我們知道這些干細(xì)胞是存在的，它們并沒有失去。如果失去了，研究治療方法將更加困難。目前的治療方法對(duì)于維持剩余的頭發(fā)來說非常有效。而這個(gè)最新發(fā)現(xiàn)則有助于逆轉(zhuǎn)脫落的頭發(fā)。所以，即使你已經(jīng)禿頭，從理論上說，也可以激活干細(xì)胞，讓新發(fā)重生。”
Doctors don’t know if baldness in women works the same way.
醫(yī)生們不知道女性禿頭是否也是同樣的原理。
"Many of my patients are women, most of them actually are women. And I will really like to be able to help them more than what I can currently. so in the future I wanna figure out whether this same principles apply to female pattern hair loss."
“我的許多病人是女性，其實(shí)大部分是女性。我希望能夠給她們提供比現(xiàn)在更多的幫助。所以，我希望將來能夠了解同樣的原理是否適用女性模式的脫發(fā)。”
