As part of a new study, specialists from the US School of Medicine found that hair follicles can also be provocateurs of the disease, MedicalNewsToday writes..

Using genetic engineering, the researchers found that, in comparison with their usual “counterparts,” pigmented stem cells are able to leave follicles, move to the outer layer of the skin, and spread to the dermis.

Experts came to this conclusion after studying the process of formation of an embryo, which is a single stem cell. Such an embryo turns into a fetus, consisting of a huge number of cells of different. Stem cells are able to divide, multiply, reproduce any kind of cells..

Although this “flexibility” is an advantage during embryo development, it can be dangerous in adulthood because there is a risk of cancer.

Using genetic engineering, scientists have changed the genes of melanocytes in mice - cells that synthesize the melanin pigment - in hair follicles. They made stem cells “glow” to track their full path to the dermis. So experts found that the cellular environment inside the hair follicles can provoke oncology.

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