Hair Loss - :Tendency to hair loss inherited from the mother

Scientists from the universities of Bonn and D.sseldorf, Germany, have shown that specific changes in the genetic 'construction manual' of the androgen receptor may result in premature balding. The affected gene lies on the x chromosome; men inherit the defect therefore from their mother - supporting the widespread assumption that as far as hair loss is concerned men take after their maternal grandfather rather than their father. more...


Hair Loss