Zebrafish melanocytes cause diseases similar to those in people when they don’t work properly. Studying how they regenerate after injury could lead to new treatments for hair color loss and vitiligo.
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The Nigerian government should enact policies and laws against discrimination and stigmatisation for chronic illnesses like vitiligo.
An international team of researchers is probing the links between skin diseases, including cancer, to speed the search for cures.
An autoimmune disease called vitiligo causes white spots to appear on the body, in some cases completely erasing an individual’s pigmentation. But a new therapy is on the horizon.
Vitiligo, a human skin condition that turns patches of skin and hair white, it is not a disease we hear much about, although it affects approximately 1% of the population. Most famously, Michael Jackson…
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Consultant Dermatologist, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
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