<p>The groundbreaking research at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Australia, identified the trichohyalin gene as the one that is mainly responsible for creating curls.<br /><br />The discovery, which will help predict whether a baby will have straight or curly hair, can also allow detectives to use DNA found at the scene of the crime to indicate how wavy a suspect’s locks are.<br />Professor Nick Martin, head of the QIMR Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory and author of the research, said it is variation in this gene that determines straightness or curliness of hair.<br /><br />He also stated that their research may now pave the way for treatments to make hair straighter as an alternative to heated hair-straighteners.<br />“Potentially we can now develop new treatments to make hair curlier or straighter, rather than treating the hair directly,” Prof Martin was quoted as saying by ‘The Telegraph’.</p>
<p>The groundbreaking research at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Australia, identified the trichohyalin gene as the one that is mainly responsible for creating curls.<br /><br />The discovery, which will help predict whether a baby will have straight or curly hair, can also allow detectives to use DNA found at the scene of the crime to indicate how wavy a suspect’s locks are.<br />Professor Nick Martin, head of the QIMR Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory and author of the research, said it is variation in this gene that determines straightness or curliness of hair.<br /><br />He also stated that their research may now pave the way for treatments to make hair straighter as an alternative to heated hair-straighteners.<br />“Potentially we can now develop new treatments to make hair curlier or straighter, rather than treating the hair directly,” Prof Martin was quoted as saying by ‘The Telegraph’.</p>
