[2 Mar 2008 | 5 Comments]
Regrowing hair with self-mutilation, Jackalopes and stem cells

50 years ago, the late cancer researcher Charles Breedis was taking a scalpel to the backs of rabbits at a University of Pennsylvania lab. Under a grant by the National Cancer Institute, he was investigating the link between healing and the Shope papilloma virus, a carcinogenic pathogen similar to HPV in humans .. Dr. Breedis had observed the first recorded instance of follicular neogenesis, a phenomenon in which new, fully functioning hair organs develop as a biproduct of trauma to the body.

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[ 4 May 2009 | 8 Comments ]
Hair Loss Video – MTV True Life: “I’m Losing My Hair”

MTV recently highlighted emotional struggles with hair loss in a documentary they regularly air, called “True Life”. This segment was about a 25 year old Floridian male coping with pattern loss that began in his teens. He had previously employed well-tread baldie tricks like sunglasses-on-the-hairline, which is a bit like bedazzling your goiter with diamonds, [...]

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[ 3 May 2009 | 4 Comments ]
Trial Volunteers Needed For Natural, Topical Hair Loss Treatment

The goal of HairGen is to reduce hair loss to non-MPB levels, while also creating a healthy scalp environment that may potentially promote thicker hair and/or regrowth.

The herbs used in HairGen are all wild-harvested, which, while more costly, ensures that each ingredient is of the very finest quality. All of the herbs are distilled into liquid extracts via pure organic grape spirits, and the alcohol will then be removed to ensure that no damage is done to the scalp.

The alcohol can be removed due to the unique cutting-edge liposomal delivery system that uses phospholipids to increase scalp permeability.

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[ 20 Jan 2009 | 11 Comments ]
Some Guy Says He’s Going To Do Some Thing To Cure Hair Loss

Telegraph out of the UK reports that 27-year-old Oxford grad Thomas Whitfield (Myspace) is heralding an end to baldness as we know it, with a secretive new venture called TRX2:
Still in stealth mode as the intellectual property is in the process of being protected, Whitfield plans to have his “product and service” [...]

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[ 13 Aug 2008 | 4 Comments ]
Follica raises $11mil, reveals secret 11 herbs and spices

Right on the heels of previous funding, Follica has just announced the completion of a second round of funding, grabbing 11 million USD and G. Kirk Raab, ex-CEO of biotech giant Genentech as a chairman. Follica CEO Daphne Zohar heads up the publicity with an overview on Xconomy.com: “Our research has been progressing in a very positive way. We have had significant interest from the venture community and while we just closed the Series A round a few months ago …

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[ 8 Aug 2008 | One Comment ]
Platelet Rich Plasma – Industry magazine excerpts

Joseph Greco has been sending out some scans from a hair transplant industry magazine regarding Platelet Rich Plasma as used in hair transplant surgeries.

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