Japanese scientists claim they discovered cure for baldness in the chemical found in McDonald’s fries

According to Prof Junji Fukuda of Yokohama National University,  a Japanese scientist “Dimethylpolysiloxane found in silicone which is added to oil to cook McDonald’s chips,  they were able to produce follicles which could sprout human hair.  Silicone is usually added to fries to prevent the oil bubbling and spitting. When the cells were cultured in cooking aid they grew 5000 hair follicle germs simultaneously. The Follicle germs were then transplanted into bald mice that began to sprout fur within days. Scientists say that preliminary test suggests that the technique could also work in humans. Researchers also clarified the reason the chemical was so effective in encouraging hair growth was due to the fact that oxygen easily passes through it. “ We demonstrated that the integrity of the oxygen supply through the bottom of the silicon chip was crucial to enabling both HFG formation and subsequent hair shaft generation. This simple method is very robust and promising. We hope this technique will improve regenerative therapy to treat hair loss such as androgenic alopecia”.

Scientists hope that the discovery will eventually be able to be used to treat hair loss diseases.