Breaking News English

Help may soon be at [handy / hand] (or head) for the millions around the world who [suffering / suffer] from and worry about baldness. Scientists from the University of Durham in the UK, and Columbia University Medical Centre in the USA, say they are close to finding a [soluble / solution] to grow new hair. This is also good news for [burns / barns] victims, who are [likely / liked] to be those first helped by any new treatment. The scientists have grown new hair follicles in the [lavatory / laboratory] . This is different from currently available treatments, which [simply / simple] transplant hair from the back of the scalp to [cover / discover] bald spots and areas without hair at the front of the head. Unlike transplants, the new procedure will [allot / allow] the hair to keep growing naturally [in / on] the follicle.

Researcher Colin Jahoda did not give a [timepiece / timeframe] in which his research will be [commercially / commercial] available. He said: "It's closer, but it's still some way [way / away] because in [terms / times] of what people want cosmetically they're looking for re-growth of hair that's the same shape, the same size, as [long / length] as before, the same angle. Some of these are almost [engineering / engineer's] solutions." He did assure those with [reducing / receding] hairlines and those thinning on top that there is hope. He said: "I think baldness will [eventual / eventually] be treatable, absolutely." Professor Jahoda's colleague Angela Christiano was [equal / equally] positive, saying their research could "revolutionise" hair-loss treatment. She said: "The first [step / stop] is actually showing that it can be done."