Brief Items of Interest, February 2017
Hair loss news first: — In Aclaris Therapeutics’ latest webcast presentation from today (given at the Leerink Partners 6th Annual Global Healthcare Conference), the company’s CEO further elaborated on...
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Researchers Regenerate Ear Hair Cells via Increasing Progenitor Cells; Wnt...
I had a somewhat unusual post already half written for today, but commentator “baldings” posted a very important link that changed my plans. This new link pertains to an article titled “Drug treatment...
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Alexey Terskikh
I first mentioned Dr. Alexey Terskikh on this blog a little over two years ago here. His team of scientists (who work at a non-profit institute in the USA) used pluripotent stem cells from humans to...
View ArticleSamumed E-mail
Someone associated with Samumed just e-mailed me today (see blue text below for contents) and I was pleasantly surprised since I have not contacted the company anytime recently. The e-mail pertains to...
View ArticleAre Obese Men Less Likely to go Bald?
Note: Poll is at the bottom. Three answer choices at the end. Results are only visible after you vote. Last week, a new study from Germany concluded that short men are more likely to go bald...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, March 2017
Hair loss news first: — The biggest news this past month is from Canada based Replicel (Japan based Shiseido’s partner), a company that I have covered dozens of times on this blog before. They just...
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Huge Week for Anti-Aging Research in Mice (with Possible Fur Growth Benefits)
I have covered anti-aging research on this blog a few times in the past: partly because aging reversal can often imply hair loss reversal; and partly because I also cover medical items of interest once...
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Dutasteride and Finasteride Dosage Discussion
Over the years I have read 100s of posts by hair loss sufferers who are uncertain about the most efficient dosage of finasteride (brand name Propecia) or dutasteride (brand name Avodart) to take in...
View ArticleDecernotinib
I have covered janus kinase inhibitors (JAK) in numerous posts on this blog in the past and you can do a search via the categories menu to learn more. They were by far the biggest news story in the...
View ArticleFollicum Phase I/IIa Results
I first covered Swedish company Follicum and its FOL-005 hair growth product in this post from almost exactly two years ago, followed by another post early last year. Thereafter, I have only covered...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, April 2017
Hair loss news first: — A great story on Dr. Rox Anderson that was also retweeted by PureTech CEO Daphne Zohar: “Dermatologists don’t get the same accolades as brain surgeons/cancer warriors” Nice...
View ArticleDangers of Getting a Hair Transplant in a Foreign Country
While this blog’s focus is ultimately on a cure for hair loss, virtually every month I write at least one post that is devoted to existing treatments. In the past, I have written around 10 posts on...
View Article76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology
The 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology starts today in Portland, Oregon in the US and lasts for four days. The schedule can be found in this detailed 100 page document. A...
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Xiaoping Ren and Sergio Canavero: A Match Made in Hell
I have covered Italian neurosurgeon (and ex-director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group) Dr. Sergio Canavero several times on this blog in the past via small sections within my once a month...
View ArticleAlgae to Treat Hair Loss
Over the years, I have been somewhat of a pessimist when it comes to natural treatments for hair loss being any kind of miracle treatment. I do not doubt that some natural treatments can make existing...
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Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP)
Last year, I wrote a post on tricopigmentation, a temporary form of scalp micropigmentation (SMP). In that post, I promised to write a post on actual (permanent) SMP in the future and here it is. I am...
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Brief Items of Interest, May 2017
Hair loss news first: — By far the biggest news this month was the story that scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the US found that a specific protein in skin cells called Krox20 (also...
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New Studies on Lasers and Hair Growth
I have covered lasers and hair growth on this blog a number of times in the past, but have neglected the subject of late. However, a spate of new studies on this subject from around the world have put...
View ArticleTregs and Hair Growth
In May, two new major hair loss related discoveries received widespread coverage in English language newspapers around the world. Not something you see regularly. I covered the first of these two...
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PolarityTE
This week, there has been some excitement about a new company named PolarityTE (h/t BTT member “nickk” who first posted about this) that is planning to regenerate human skin (including fully...
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