Israeli Students Identify Compound to Prevent Hair Loss in Cancer Patients

Israeli Students Identify Compound to Prevent Hair Loss in Cancer Patients
Chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C., on May 25, 2017. Gerry Broome/AP Photo/The Canadian Press
Katabella Roberts
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Israeli biology students are researching a new way to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy in an effort to produce it on an industrial scale.

Students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have been attempting to synthetically produce decursin, a hair loss deterrent, with the hopes of incorporating it into products such as shampoos, creams, and more.

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