Sunday, November 11, 2007

Fungus Among Us, And Doing the Nasty in Your Hair


Photo from Wikipedia

Eww. EWWW. EWWWWWWWW! I'd say more, but it is essential that I go wash my hair in gasoline this very instant. No smoking, please. . .

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Dandruff's Genes Sequenced

First, researchers grew enough fungus to give dandruff to 10 million people. Next, they sequenced its genes. Then they found out that not only does an icky fungus live on your head and cause dandruff-- but it could be having sex. On your head. Right now.

A team at
Procter & Gamble Beauty said on Tuesday they had sequenced the genome of Malassezia globosa, a fungus that grows on the skin of between 50 percent and 90 percent of the population. It causes dandruff and a range of other skin conditions. . .

Read more at: AOL News

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