2023-12-29 22:37:24
No more searching in Türkiye for the remedy for baldness. The answer to this problem may be closer than we think. Specifically, in Huelva. For years, veterinarians from the Swedish University of Uppsala have been working with blood samples taken from Donana donkeys to find a possible solution to hair loss in humans.
The hairs on the manes of the Doñana firefighter donkeys are very hard and grow very strongly. The Swedes are trying to obtain a formula that allows them to transfer that strength to people’s hair.
The donkeys that the researchers from the University of Agricultural Sciences of Uppsala (Sweden) are taking as a sample are the donkeys that make up the Doñana Fire Donkey Unit, which has its headquarters in the so-called Enchanted Forest of Hinojos, in the surrounding area. of the Doñana Natural Space (Huelva).
Free and healthy donkeys
These donkeys work in Doñana avoiding forest fires through clearing firebreaks. The choice of these animals was not accidental; the veterinarians in charge of the study looked for donkey specimens that were in good health and whose life was as similar as possible to what they would live if they were wild. The Doñana firefighter donkeys met all the requirements since they live their entire lives in the countryside, free.
The research project is carried out thanks to the altruistic efforts of the volunteers of the ‘El Burrito Feliz’ association. Swedish veterinarians extracted blood samples from the animals together with a researcher from the Doñana Scientific Station (EBD-CSIC).
Juan José Negro, the EBD-CSIC researcher, has explained that “the work has to do with hair growth, humans and horses share the indefinite growth of hair, they in the mane and we in the head, but it is our animal model to understand aspects that have to do with baldness, which is so important for some people.
The Swedish university that is carrying out the project was founded in 1477, it is the oldest educational institution in the Nordic country and is considered one of the most prestigious higher education centers in Europe.
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