Scientists trying to understand a rare genetic disease realized they identified two proteins that cause balding and gray hair, at least in mice. Further research will determine whether it has the same effect on people. (TIME)

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Cassandra Pollock was a state politics reporter for the Tribune. She joined the Tribune full-time in June 2017 after a fellowship during the 85th Texas Legislature. Pollock spent her first two years at...