McDonald's fries can cure baldness! At least, that's the preliminary claim being made by a group of Japanese researchers, who say a chemical in the greasy treats has shown promise when given to mice and may be useful to humans.
As MSN reports, stem-cell researchers at Yokohama National University have honed in on the "holy grail" of baldness treatment, and it lies in a chemical in Mickey D's fries. The explanation requires discussion of stem cells, chemistry, and other forms of science, so buckle up.
In order to grow hair, your body needs hair follicle germs (HFG) and something to push them into growing, according to researcher Professor Junji Fukuda. That something came in the form of dimethylpolysiloxane. You may not have ever heard of that particular chemical before, but you've almost certainly eaten it — it's used in McDonald's fries, to keep cooking oil from frothing while the potatoes are being cooked.
Dr. Fukuda's team used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) at the bottom of a culture to grow HFGs. Then the team arranged the germs onto a microscopic array and injected them into bald mice. Long story short: a few days later, the mice were sprouting thick, black hair in the spots here the arrays had been injected into them.
Does this mean you get hair with your fries? "Want hair with that?"
I think, at this point in time, that you have to use the fries as hair dressing.
With or without ketchup?
Quote from: HappyMoni on February 05, 2018, 02:00:25 PM
With or without ketchup?
With MAYO Sweetie, MAYO :) Ketchup - yuck!
Quote from: Cassi on February 05, 2018, 02:02:10 PM
With MAYO Sweetie, MAYO :) Ketchup - yuck!
I do believe that if you cut your self, you would bleed mayonnaise.
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Quote from: TonyaW on February 05, 2018, 02:19:19 PM
I do believe that if you cut your self, you would bleed mayonnaise.
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Ever since I was kidnapped by those darn aliens!!!!!
Wow did you know they also cure not being obese?
Would you rarther be bald or die in 20 years of a heart attack.
Only good thing about this if true is if they can put the chemical in other things like tap water
I'll gladly volunteer for the human trials. Seriously.
I just pictured myself with a nice thick head of fries ;D
Well, I am not going to any efforts to go eat them, but if you eat them and they help you, great!
I think this a hairy issue.