Hair Cloning And Follicular Cell Implantation

January 2010 in “ Springer eBooks ”

Jung-Chul Kim

hair cloning follicular cell implantation hair transplantation donor hair immunosuppressants

TLDR Hair cloning could solve the problem of limited donor hair in transplants.

The document discussed the limitations of traditional hair transplantation due to the scarcity of donor hair and the potential rejection of donor hair from another individual without immunosuppressants. It highlighted hair cloning as a promising future solution for hair transplantation. The research was conducted by Jung-Chul Kim, MD, PhD, at the Hair Transplantation Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea, and was included in a publication edited by Damkerng Pathomvanich and Kenichiro Imagawa.

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