《中英對照讀新聞》Plucking hairs can make more grow 拔頭髮可讓更多長出來

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Plucking hairs in a precise pattern can make even more pop up in their place, a US study suggests. Playing with the density of hair removed altered how serious an injury the body recognised and in turn how much hair regrew.

美國研究顯示，以正確的方式拔頭髮，可以讓更多頭髮冒出來。玩弄拔掉頭髮的密度，改變身體認知到的受傷程度，進而改變重新長回的髮量。

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The team managed to regenerate 1,300 hairs by plucking 200, in the study using mice reported in Cell journal. Experts said it was "really nice science" but were uncertain if it could lead to a cure for human baldness.

「細胞」期刊發表的老鼠研究中，研究團隊拔掉200根毛髮，成功地讓1300根重新長回。專家說，這「真的是很好的科學」，但不確定能否促成人類禿頭的治癒。

The team at the University of Southern California were investigating how hair follicles communicate with each other to decide on the scale of repair job needed.

南加州大學這支團隊調查毛囊如何互相溝通，來決定需要多大程度的修復工作。

In a series of experiments they removed 200 hair follicles from a circular patch of skin in mice. A low-density pluck - removing follicles from a patch 6mm in diameter - led to no regeneration at all. A medium-density pluck, with 200 removed from a 5mm circle, led to 1,300 new hairs.

在一系列實驗中，他們從老鼠皮膚上的一個圓形區塊中拔掉200個毛囊。低密度拔除，也就是從直徑6公釐的塊狀中拔除毛囊，完全不會導致重生；中密度的拔除，也就是從5公釐的圓圈中拔除200根，則可促成1300根新髮長出。

新聞辭典

pluck：動詞，拔，使脫穎而出。例句：He was plucked from obscurity to star in the film.（他脫穎而出成為這部電影的主角。）

pop up：片語，（尤指突然）出現，發生。例句：She’s one of those film stars who pops up everywhere, on TV, in magazines, on Broadway.（她是那種四處露臉的影星，電視、雜誌、百老匯，到處可見她的身影。）

regeneration：名詞，再生。例句：The council is committed to a programme of urban regeneration.（議會承諾致力於都市再生計畫。）