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 [...]

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

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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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 last results were in September, leaving us with extremely promising results and the impression that they were [...]

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 [...]

Note: there are new results in this trial. See the March ‘08 Intercytex update here
Intercytex, a UK-based biotechnology company, released the results from their ongoing ICX-TRC Phase II trial hair multiplication technology today.
To be clear: permanent hair is being grown on bald scalps. No drugs or further treatment is needed to keep the hair. This [...]