Biotechnology In Hair Care: Growth Modulation

The document discussed the challenges and potential of developing hair growth promotion products, highlighting that despite decades of research, only two FDA-approved compounds existed, one discovered accidentally. It emphasized the complexity of creating effective hair growth compounds using traditional methods and suggested that biotechnology, particularly advancements in molecular biology and genetic engineering, could offer new opportunities. The completion of the genome project was seen as a potential source of information for genetic manipulation. The document focused on using recombinant DNA technology to explore hair growth mechanisms and develop evaluation systems, with the hope that future discoveries could lead to biofermentation processes for producing active compounds.