ATTENTION HAIR CLUB FOR MEN CUSTOMERS

Yet another "cure" for baldness may lie in the announcement that scientists have located a gene for excessive hairiness. Researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have uncovered the gene that causes generalized hypertrichosis. People who have the gene are born with excessive hair on their face and upper body. The condition is exceedingly rare: only about 50 cases have been reported since the Middle Ages. Men with the gene have in the past been displayed as "dog men" or "human werewolves." Scientists hope that the discovery will lead to new ways of treating baldness. No telling whether it may lead to an urge to howl at the moon.