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During a joint research conducted by McGill University, King s College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. the investigators identified two genetic variants in Caucasians that together are responsible for seven times the increase in the risk of male pattern baldness.

During a joint research conducted by McGill University, King’s College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. the investigators identified two genetic variants in Caucasians that together are responsible for seven times the increase in the risk of male pattern baldness.

Genetic hair loss is a widely spread condition - in fact, every second man, as well as many women, tend to suffer from inherited baldness. First, the hairlines start receding, then the crown becomes thinner, until victims of genetic androgenic alopecia lose most of their scalp hair. Unfortunately, even the best hair-loss medications and herbal tinctures are unable to stop the progression of gene-induced baldness.