TOKYO: Following reports that french fries, particularly from Mc Donalds, are a cure for baldness, people suffering from hair loss have jumped the bandwagon and have started consuming fries. However, Japanese scientists have warned that eating french fries will not cure baldness after research was published suggesting that chemicals used in cooking fried potatoes could help fight hair loss. A research team at Yokohama National University succeeded in producing clusters of 5,000 hair follicle germs (HFGs), the base organs that produce hair, with the aid of dimethylpolysiloxane, a material that was key to cultivating large numbers of HFGs. The team also succeeded in growing hair on the backs of mice after transplantation in a relatively short period of time. After dimethylpolysiloxane was reported as being used in oil to fry potatoes, researchers received a number of inquiries asking how many french fries people should eat to cure baldness.

Source: Pakistan Today February 17, 2018 09:56 UTC