male pattern baldness test

Inheriting Male Pattern Baldness

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The prevalent thinking about baldness is that men inherit their hair, or lack of it, from their mother's father. However this doesn't explain the many men whose heads look like their own fathers'. Researchers have now identified a new gene variation associated with early hair loss that can be inherited from ...Continue reading »

Genetic test for Male Pattern Baldness

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
A genetic screening test for male pattern baldness, provided by HairDX LLC, is now available from qualified doctors. If a man tests positive for a particular high risk genetic variant then he has about a 70% chance of going bald. Conversely, if he  tests negative then he has about a 70% ...Continue reading »