Brief Items of Interest, October 2017
— In August, I covered groundbreaking new research related to successful hair regeneration in mice. The work was led by scientists from USC (in particular, Dr. Mingxing Lei and Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong)....
View Article10th World Congress for Hair Research
The annual World Congress for Hair Research is the most important conference of the year when it comes to hair loss related research. While some of the presentations at this conference always cover...
View ArticleUpdates on Research into the Activation of the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway
I have discussed the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and Wnt signaling numerous times on this blog in the past. This avenue of research is one of the most exciting ones out there in the hair loss world. It does...
View ArticleAclaris to Initiate Phase 2 Trials for JAK Inhibitors for AGA in First Half...
Every time when I feel like my discussion about Aclaris Therapeutics and their soft topical JAK inhibitors for treating androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is finally done for at least 3 months, some new...
View ArticleDr. Hasson Ditches Oral Finasteride and Switches to Topical
In 2014, I wrote a post on topical finasteride that has since became one of the most read posts on this blog ever. In hindsight, this is not surprising when considering the fact that I get emails about...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, November 2017
— Hair related updates at the bottom today. — Last month, I decided to stop covering medical items of interest in my once a month “brief items of interest” posts. It was becoming a bit too much work to...
View ArticleSouth Korean Scientists Develop Biochemical Material to Target CXXC5 and...
Edit: It seems like this study was first published in June 2017 (see “omg”‘s comment in this post). Not sure why they now have this newer November 2017 publication date and why the global media only...
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Hair Loss, Graying Hair and Heart Disease
For a long time, I have had a post on the back burner discussing how people with hair loss are more likely to suffer from a number of major health problems. For a blog that is generally highly...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, October 2017
— In August, I covered groundbreaking new research related to successful hair regeneration in mice. The work was led by scientists from USC (in particular, Dr. Mingxing Lei and Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong)....
View Article10th World Congress for Hair Research
The annual World Congress for Hair Research is the most important conference of the year when it comes to hair loss related research. While some of the presentations at this conference always cover...
View ArticleUpdates on Research into the Activation of the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway
I have discussed the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and Wnt signaling numerous times on this blog in the past. This avenue of research is one of the most exciting ones out there in the hair loss world. It does...
View ArticleAclaris to Initiate Phase 2 Trials for JAK Inhibitors for AGA in First Half...
Every time when I feel like my discussion about Aclaris Therapeutics and their soft topical JAK inhibitors for treating androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is finally done for at least 3 months, some new...
View ArticleDr. Hasson Ditches Oral Finasteride and Switches to Topical
In 2014, I wrote a post on topical finasteride that has since became one of the most read posts on this blog ever. In hindsight, this is not surprising when considering the fact that I get emails about...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, November 2017
— Hair related updates at the bottom today. — Last month, I decided to stop covering medical items of interest in my once a month “brief items of interest” posts. It was becoming a bit too much work to...
View ArticleSouth Korean Scientists Develop Biochemical Material to Target CXXC5 and...
Edit: It seems like this study was first published in June 2017 (see “omg”‘s comment in this post). Not sure why they now have this newer November 2017 publication date, nor why the global media only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hair Loss, Graying Hair and Heart Disease
For a long time, I have had a post on the back burner discussing how people with hair loss are more likely to suffer from a number of major health problems. For a blog that is generally highly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 5 Best Dandruff Shampoos
It seems like a majority of hair loss sufferers have itchy scalps, especially in the balding inflamed regions of their heads. Moreover, this itching is often accompanied by significant dandruff...
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Brief Items of Interest, December 2017
Way too many developments in the past month, at least half of which probably deserved their own post. Wounding, Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and γδ T-cells At the end of 2013. I first discussed Dr. Krzysztof...
View ArticleFollicum Latest Summary
I have covered Swedish company Follicum a number of times in the past on this blog, with my first post about the company going back almost three years. You can click on the company name (or product...
View ArticleGoogle Alerts for Hair Related News
One of the most useful services that Google provides is something called “Google Alerts“. I am amazed at how many people still do not know about this feature even though it has been out since 2003. It...
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