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Stress, pregnancy, genetics, and disease...all of these can lead to hair loss. Some of these factors can be avoided, while others are inevitable. But have researchers finally found a cure for thinning hair and baldness?

Not yet, unfortunately. But they're close.

An article published on Forbes.com outlines a recent study conducted by researchers at Yale. The researchers discovered the chemical signal that leads to hair growth - something scientists have been studying for quite awhile.

According to Forbes, hair growth is triggered by stem cells underneath your skin. Even after hair loss, the stem cells remain under the scalp. The stem cells must be triggered in order for the hair to grow. Click here to read more...

This discovery won't lead to a cure for baldness...at least not yet. Using this new discovery, researchers will now have to determine if the same triggers used on mice will work on humans. This testing could take years, if not decades. If it works, however, it's highly possible that this could lead to a cure for baldness.

There's a light at the end of tunnel!

*Information and original article courtesy of: Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, Yale Daily Bulletin, and Cell.com