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禿頂男士的福音:治療脫髮的基因誕生

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A 'werewolf' gene which causes hair to grow all over the body has been found by scientists, who say the discovery could lead to a remedy for baldness.

科學家最近有一項重大的發現,那就是一種可以讓毛髮長滿全身的“毛孩基因”,這種基因的發現據說對於治癒禿頭有着積極的導向。

禿頂男士的福音:治療脫髮的基因誕生

They have tracked down a genetic fault which is behind a rare condition called hyper- trichosis, or werewolf syndrome, where thick hair covers the face and upper body.

他們目前已經查出了一種基因缺陷,這種缺陷是一種極其罕見的病--先天性遺傳多毛症(狼人綜合症)的罪魁禍首。而這種症狀的表現就是粗的毛髮遍佈臉部和上身。

They say they may be able to use drugs to trigger a similar gene mutation in people to encourage hair to grow on bald patches.

他們說他們能夠做到利用藥物來觸發一個基因突變,而這種突變可以催生頭髮在禿斑塊上面的生長,從而達到治癒禿頭的作用。

But the scientists stressed that tackling baldness was still many years away.

但是科學家們強調,解決禿頂問題仍然任重而道遠。也許數年之後纔會有可能有所突破。

They do not yet know how they would be able to trigger hair to grow in bald patches without causing excessive growth all over the body.

他們目前還沒有弄清楚的是怎樣在不讓毛髮在全身過度地生長的情況下,使得頭髮得以在禿斑塊上正常地生長。

Werewolf syndrome is extremely rare, with only 50 recorded cases in the past 300 years.

狼人綜合症是極其罕見的,在過去漫長的300年內也僅僅只有50例。

One is Supatra Sasuphan, an 11-year-old girl from Thailand who was named as the world's hairiest child in the Guinness World Records in March.

其中一個人叫做Supatra Sasuphan,是一個年僅11歲的泰國女孩。她剛剛在三月份的吉尼斯世界紀錄評選中被稱爲是這個世界上頭髮最多最長的孩子。

Men with the condition have hair all over their face, including eyelids, and upper bodies.

對於一個男人要說,要是他不幸得了這種病,他的臉上將會佈滿毛髮,包括眼瞼和上身所有的地方。

Women tend to just have hair in patches although Supatra has it covering much of her face.

但對於女人就不一樣,她們有可能只在一小塊地方如此,雖然Supatra大部分的都被覆蓋了。

Professor Pragna Patel, of the university's Institute for Genetic Medicine, said certain genes appeared to have been 'turned on', which may trigger the excessive hair growth.

來自基因醫學大學研究學會的教授Pragna Patel說某種已知的基因似乎被“激發”了,而這種現象有可能觸發毛髮在人體身上的瘋狂生長。

In the future, scientists could use drugs to 'turn on' genes, which could trigger hair growth.

未來科學家可以用藥物來“激發”基因,這樣就可以刺激毛髮的生長了。

Professor Patel added: 'If in fact the inserted sequences turn on a gene that can trigger hair growth, it may hold promise for treating baldness.'

教授Patel補充道:“如果實際上這插入的序列可以激發基因從而達到刺激毛髮生長的效果,它有可能可以達到治癒禿頂的效果。”