Scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan say that a chemical added to the oil to cook McDonald's french fries could help cure baldness in humans.

The chemical sharing a link between finding a cure for baldness and fast-food french fries is dimethylpolysiloxane, which is reportedly found in the silicone that is added to the oil McDonald's cooks its famous french fries in. The silicone helps prevent the oil from bubbling and splitting, according to the Evening Standard.

In the study, published in Biomaterials, it states that researchers at the university discovered a method that produced hair follicle germs "that may lead to a new treatment for hair loss." Those involved created more about 5,000 of the hair follicle germs at the same time, which has been "one of the more challenging obstacles" according to the study.

The scientists were able to aid the growth of black hair on the back and scalp on mice.

"The key for the mass production of HFGs (hair follicle germs) was a choice of substrate materials for culture vessel," one of the study's authors, Junji Fukuda, said in a news release.

"We used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) at the bottom of culture vessel, and it worked very well."

To stimulate the hair growth on the nude mice, scientists at Yokohama manufactured a "300-microwell array" that it called an "HFG chip." Fukuda added in the release that "this simple method is very robust and promising."

Newsweek reports that these preliminary tests have researches feeling like it could be just as successful when applied to humans. McDonald's did not respond to the outlet's request for comment on Monday, Feb. 5.