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A few years ago, it seemed like Intercytex was going to provide mankind with the definitive solution to hair loss. The hair regeneration therapy, known as ICX-TRC, showed great promise: it was going to be cheaper, less uncomfortable and more effective than hair transplants. Results from clinical trials looked good and commercial application seemed to [...]
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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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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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Acell, a Jessup, Maryland-based company, has begun providing hair transplant doctors with its skin-regenerating powder. This may possibly provide an unlimited source of donor hair.
Dr. Robert Jones now has access to Acell’s Extracellular Matrix (ECM) products for wound healing. Anyone interested in signing up as a test patient, please email hairsite@aol.com immediately for details.
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This post is outdated. For new information, see: Intercytex and regenerative hair therapy: what are they waiting for?
He only looks sad still; he died while waiting for hair
Intercytex, the UK-based biotechnology company and hair multiplication darlings of the moment, have released the final results from their Phase II trials for their flagship hair product, ICX-TRC.
The [...]
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A patent dug up from 2001 outlines a method to reduce or reverse hair loss by injecting the scalp with Botox.
Two Toronto, Canada-based doctors named Marvin Schwartz and Brian Freund claim the following:
Injection of (Botox) improves the tissue environment surrounding the hair follicles by reducing scalp tension and, by doing so, improves bloodflow through [...]