PGD2 Inhibitors/ Antagonists: the Next big Trend at Hair Loss Clinics?
Of all the numerous groundbreaking developments that have occurred in the hair loss cure research world during the past 3 years, Kythera Biopharmaceuticals and its Setipiprant prostaglandin D2 (PGD2)...
View ArticlePRP Treatment Updates
There have been a number of important developments in the platelet-rich plasma world during the past several months, warranting a new post on the subject. — In late March, the famous patient advocate...
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Interview with Dr. Takashi Tsuji (Kind of)
In early April 2016, the renowned Dr. Takashi Tsuji from Japan was yet again involved in groundbreaking new hair (and skin) related research. On April 3, I e-mailed him the following, hoping that he...
View ArticleFollica and Histogen Updates
I was not planning to write a new post for several more days, but there have been two important developments that I thought were worth discussing separately from my upcoming “brief items of interest”...
View ArticleHistogen Responds to Blog Reader Comments in the Last Post
Someone from Histogen e-mailed me yesterday after reading the reader comments to my last post. I will not post this person’s name, exact job title or e-mail address here since some of this blog’s...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, May 2016
Hair loss news first: There have been a huge amount of hair loss related news items of interest in the past month. Several of them probably deserved their own blog posts. — Since quite a few of the...
View ArticleA Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Discovered a new Genome-Editing Technique...
On this blog, while I have mentioned gene therapy and gene modification a few times in the past (especially when it comes to the now ubiquitous CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing method), I have hardly...
View ArticleAclaris Therapeutics Raises $20 Million and will use Some of the new Funds...
When it come to the subject of JAK inhibitors and androgenic alopecia, commentator “nasa_rs” is always ahead of the curve and keeps adding tremendous value to this blog for which I am grateful. My...
View ArticlePoll — Would you ever wear a customized hairpiece or hair system or toupee?
Note: Voting buttons are at the bottom of this post below the photo. Be careful before clicking. Can’t change your choice. This year, I plan to conduct some polls on this blog. I also plan to cover...
View Article3D Printed Hair Update
Within the world of 3D printing, by far the most exciting developments to look forward to are those involving 3D printing of human body parts (more accurately known as 3D bioprinting). Even after...
View ArticleDr. George Church — The Augmented Human Being
On very rare occasions on this blog, I cover scientific/medical subjects that are either: a) Entirely unrelated to a hair loss cure, or b) Potentially related to a hair loss cure in the long run, but...
View ArticleDr. Michael Rendl — Mesenchymal Control of Hair Follicle Formulation, Growth...
On this blog, I have in the past discussed various dermatological associations and non-profits, including several important ones in the United States such as the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)...
View ArticleJefferies 2016 Healthcare Conference — Dr. Neal Walker Confirms that Topical...
Update: Listening to the webcast again (yes it is still available), Dr. Neal Walker clearly states that while systemic JAK inhibitors did not work for androgenetic alopecia, topical JAK inhibitors did...
View ArticleJAK Inhibitor Updates and Miscellaneous Notes
I was debating on writing this blog post, but the number of comments to the last post has become a bit insane and it is better to have some of the more intelligent discussions taking place in this...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, June 2016
Hair loss news first: Very busy past month in the hair loss world. — Allergan starts phase 2A clinical trials for Setipiprant this month. Study completion date is set as September 2017. They are...
View Article17th Meeting of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS), June 24-26
The 17th annual meeting of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS) just started in Tbilisi, Georgia today and runs through June 26th. The final scientific program/schedule is here. Also see first...
View ArticlePositive News from Shiseido, Histogen and Dr. Brotzu
As if the great news from Aclaris earlier this month wasn’t enough, out of the blue we get three new positive developments from totally separate entities in the past week. Shiseido Yesterday, this...
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Why do Men with Excessive Body Hair Bald Much More Frequently?
Unlucky on the Scalp, Lucky (?) on the Back (and Chest) In the early years of this century (i.e., 2000-2003 or so), I started noticing that the vast majority of people that I saw in the gym or at the...
View ArticleGeneric Dutasteride Cost
After I wrote a post on the cost of generic finasteride last year, I received several requests to write one on the cost of generic dutasteride. However, the reason for my not being able to do that...
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Major Development — Kyocera Branches out from Electronics into Hair...
Update: RIKEN added a brief summary of this development on its site and included the below photo on its home page: Update: Commentator “sets” e-mailed Kyocera and got a response: “Hello. My name is...
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