One-two gene punch ups men's baldness odds

Courtesy CNN.com - Health  Mon, 10/13/2008 - 7:59am

About one in seven men has a combination of genes -- one new and one first discovered in 2001 -- that increases his risk of male pattern baldness sevenfold, compared to men without the combination.



 

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