The cure for male pattern baldness could already be in the human body.

The condition, which causes gradual hair loss, affects up to 50% of men worldwide.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. claim the fix might be found in a sugar that’s naturally present in the human body.

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The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology, revealed that this sugar, known as 2-deoxy-D-ribose (2dDR), is involved in various biological processes in animals and humans and can stimulate hair regrowth in mice.

Scientists from U.K.’s Sheffield and COMSATS University Pakistan have studied the sugar for the past eight years, focusing on its ability to help heal wounds by forming new blood vessels.

The researchers noticed that hair around the wounds also appeared to grow more quickly compared to untreated wounds.

The scientists then tested this on testosterone-driven hair loss in mice, which is similar to the cause of male pattern baldness, according to a university press release.

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When they applied just a small dose of the sugar, new blood vessels were formed, leading to hair regrowth.

The findings suggest that the deoxy ribose sugar could be as effective as hair regrowth drugs, according to the university.

Sheila MacNeil, PhD, emeritus professor of tissue engineering at the University of Sheffield, noted that male pattern baldness could benefit from more research.

"There are only two FDA-approved drugs for this condition at present," she wrote in a statement sent to Fox News Digital. 

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"Our U.K./Pakistan collaboration unexpectedly turned up a small, naturally occurring sugar that stimulates new blood vessel formation, and we were delighted to discover that it not only stimulates wound healing, but [also] stimulates hair growth in an animal model."

The sugar is "natural, inexpensive and stable," MacNeill noted, and can be delivered in an "easy to apply gel," which the researchers plan to explore in further research.

Dr. John Whyte, WebMD's chief medical officer in Washington, D.C., called the study findings "intriguing" in a conversation with Fox News Digital.

"This naturally occurring sugar's effectiveness indicates significant potential in developing new hair loss treatments," said Whyte, who was not involved in the research.

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Current therapies "have been around for a while, have limited effectiveness and can have side effects," the doctor noted.

Given that this research is still in the early stages, further investigation and clinical trials will be necessary to determine whether the sugar can be "safely and effectively developed into a viable cure for male pattern baldness," Whyte added.

"The public should view these results with cautious optimism," he went on. 

"The study provides hope for new natural treatments for hair loss, but more research is required before it can be considered a cure."

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Dermatologist Brendan Camp, M.D., in New York, also reacted to the findings, reiterating to Fox News Digital that there are limited treatments available for hair loss.

"A number of potential treatments have been studied, but none have been found to be curative," said Camp, who was not involved in the research. 

"The current goal of treatment of alopecia is to help patients retain the hair they have."

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This study could ultimately lead to a new, effective therapy if future research is successful, he said.

"The treatment in question, 2-deoxy-D-ribose (2dDR), is thought to improve hair growth by causing an increase in the number of blood vessels," he said. 

"While potentially effective at encouraging existing hair follicles to grow, it seems unlikely that it will make follicles that have already disappeared grow back."

He added, "While promising, this treatment requires additional studies to confirm the reproducibility, efficacy and real-world application of 2-deoxy-D-ribose (2dDR) as a treatment for alopecia."

Every day in the mainstream media, there's a headline that goes "Republicans pounce, Republicans seize." Or they might switch it up and say, "Republicans accuse." And invariably, the thing Republicans are pouncing or seizing on is something that the Dems are actually doing. Case in point-- The New York Times has a glowing piece this week titled "Immigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years." The lead adding, "New citizens say they're looking forward to voting in November." You don't say. 

The whole piece brags about how many new immigrants they're pumping through the system, and how many of them are going to vote. That's in addition to all the illegals they're letting in every single day, of course. That's how Democratic-controlled states have gained congressional seats, as President Trump tried to end this by forcing the census to ban all non-citizens from apportionment. But one of Biden's first acts was to reverse this policy while opening the border to millions of illegals. The goal? To increase how many electoral votes states have in elections, because those votes are based on the number of residents as determined by the census.

So, by including illegals, a state can gain extra votes in Congress. So it's no wonder the same libs who freak out over gentrification want wide open borders. God forbid an urban neighborhood gets a Whole Foods, but MS13 sets up shop on the corner? That's just more votes. But back to the Times' piece, where one expert notes, "The surge in naturalization efficiency is potentially reshaping the electorate, months before a pivotal election. Every citizenship application could be a vote that decides Senate seats or even the presidency." For the Dems, of course. 

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Since new citizens overwhelmingly tend to be Democrat instead of Republican. And I get it. Why not vote for the people who keep promising you free stuff? And after another election or two, when these new citizens realize the Democrats suck, there's already a new wave of naive voters coming in. The Dems can't win if everybody knows better, so they got to keep pumping in new rubes to exploit. They're playing chess. Why? The Republicans are playing with themselves. But we shall see as the Dems do the thing they're outright bragging about. 

They call you a bigot for noticing this replacement theory. They don't call it replacing, they call it reshaping. The Dems do this a lot. It's never their fault for cheating. It's your fault for noticing. Just yesterday, Politico had this headline "Trump moves to tie Harris to Biden on the economy: They are a team." See, we're supposed to forget Joe and Kamala ever met, let alone became the worst combo since toothpaste and orange juice. But how dare you assume they're a team just because they ran as the Biden-Harris team? And Kamala said she was Team Joe up until last month. And Joe said, tell Kamala Harris, my teammate, I love her, as he bit down on his feeding tube and drifted toward purgatory. But that's just Trump lying again. 

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If Trump looked up and said the sky is blue, they'd say, not at night, you liar. Before the debate, Kamala was the dead weight. And now that Joe's the anchor dragging her down, the Dems are desperately sawing at that chain. And how about this? Back in 2020, Dems demanded Joe select a Black woman as his running mate. No other demographic would do. No white women. No men, not even drag queens. Sorry, Liz Cheney. So he went with the one who called him a racist for opposing busing, never guessing someday she'd chuck him under one. And now they scream when we point out that, yes, Kamala was a DEI hire. 

See, the Dems demand diversity over everything else. But then it's your fault for noticing. And finally, how about when a male prisoner who talks his way into a women's prison where he goes around raping everybody? Is it his fault? Her fault? Them/ they/ these and those faults?

No, it's yours for noticing. See, the Dems embrace policies that, once exposed, make them look bad. So they call you racist. Fact is, if they could pass a law that would throw you in jail every time you notice their b*****, they'd do it tomorrow.