Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Genetics Rather Than Stress To Blame For Grey Hair


From The Telegraph:

Women who find themselves going grey should blame their parents rather than their stressful lifestyles, research has found.


Scientists studied more than 200 identical and non-identical twins between the ages of 59 and 81. They found that there was little difference between the greyness of identical twin sisters, implying that their varying lifestyles or upbringing had little impact.

Among non-identical siblings that did have differing levels of grey hair, 90 per cent of cases could be attributed to differing genetic factors, researchers from Unilever, who conducted the research published it in US journal PLoS ONE, found.

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