From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Fri Aug 18 2000 - 09:46:15 MDT
John Clark wrote:
>
> The journal "Cell" reports that the hiding place of skin stem cells has been
> found at last, it turns out they're in the roots of hair follicles. The implications
> for burn victims and cosmetic surgery is obvious, it will probably yields clues
> into the inner workings of melanoma too.
>
> John K Clark jonkc@att.net
Hmmm... I wonder if anyone has ever done a study of skin cancer
incidence in people who've had lots of elecrolysis or laser diode hair
removal. (Laser diode is the latest rage, you can't look at the
classified ads in a southern californica newspaper without seeing a
zillion pitches for the service. The outfit that makes the lasers must
be making bucks hand over fist.)
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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