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Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:13pm
Melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes, cells that produce a pigment called melanin in the skin. Melanoma occurs when there is a mutation within the melanocytes, causing the cells to replicate in a disorganized fashion, grow without limit, invade surrounding tissue and disrupt normal tissue function. Continue Reading »
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Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm
be just 10 years away from coming to fruition.
“When hair goes gray, there is a progressive disappearance of the melanocytes (pigment-producing cells) from the hair. While there are still melanocytes in the hair, there is still hope that it could be re-pigmented,” L’Oréal’s Patricia Pineau told the Daily Mail.
Apparently, the process will involve some type
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Wed 17 Mar 2010 9:42pm
by pigmentation generated in the hair follicles called melanocytes. The shade of hair is determined by the amount of melanin present in the hair follicles. The more melanin present the darker the hair will be.
Grey hair is attributed to the decrease of melanocytes in the hair follicles. As we age the melanocytes lose the ability to make pigment which colors our
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Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:00pm
results when when the melanocytes in your hair follicle stop working. There are 4 different ways in which this can happen (don’t recall them exactly at the moment) but one way, the melanocytes just die and they will never come back. Another way, the melanocytes are moved out of place and they continue to work but the color never makes it into the hair
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