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JAPANESE researchers who showed that one of the chemicals in fried potatoes could help grow hair follicles have asked people to stop eating French fries as a cure for baldness. The team developed a new technique that allowed them to culture large numbers of hair follicle germs - a precursor of follicles - in the lab. These were transplanted into mice, where they produced new hair. The process uses a chemical called dimethylpolysiloxane, which is also added to oil in deep fat fryers to reduce splatter. The news sent hordes of smooth-pated men scurrying to fast-food joints to devour French fries.