Posts by Follicle Thought
BiologicsMD: 2016 Summary
Last summer I was happy to discover BiologicsMD, a new biotech startup coming out of Fayetteville, Arkansas. At that time, the company had just announced a new patent for the uses of bone growth, hair growth, and prevention of hair loss. You might imagine it was the latter two that caught my eye. It’s been…
Read MoreHair Loss Cure Via Gene Editing
A professor from Hebei University of Science and Technology, Chunyu Han, has developed a potentially groundbreaking genome editing technology. The technology is similar in nature to the CRISPR-Cas9 method but uses DNA-guided genome editing instead of RNA-guided genome editing. Han’s work was published in the May 2nd edition of the Nature Biotechnology Journal and has…
Read MoreBrotzu Update: Alopecia Areata Presentation
I wanted to give everyone a quick update on one of the hottest topics in the hair growth treatment world, the Brotzu lotion. Dr. Giovanni (John) Brotzu made a presentation last weekend at an Italian Alopecia Areata Association meeting. The presentation contains a few interesting new tidbits and is completely in Italian, but is somewhat…
Read MoreBiologicsMD Pipeline, Gray Hair Cure Research: Weekly Thoughts 4/30/16
Hello Everybody, It’s nice to be back here with you all for another installment of Weekly Thoughts. I’m personally excited about several items discussed in this edition. Let’s see what’s going on in the hair world this week. BiologicsMD New Site Layout With Pipeline BiologicsMD, a biotech startup which is affiliated with the University of…
Read MoreFollica Moves Forward, Thorn Medical: Weekly Thoughts 4/17/16
Hey there everybody, nice to see you all again. In this edition of Weekly Thoughts we find a new company with some ambiguous, yet noteworthy, claims about their hair growth technology, an update on Follica’s new pivot, and some background information on Samumed’s founder and CEO. Thorn Medical Makes Big Claim Last week, a press…
Read MoreHow to React to the Announcement of a New Treatment?
Originally published April 8, 2016 This is a discussion that I have planned to do for a while now. After reading about a new hair growth treatment that was announced yesterday, and knowing I would soon be sharing it with you all, I decided it was time to write this article first. When writing these…
Read MoreVixen Pharmaceuticals Acquired By Aclaris Therapeutics
Well you guys asked for it, right? An established pharmaceutical company has acquired the rights to Angela Christiano’s hair growth research involving JAK inhibitors. Aclaris Therapeutics has entered into an agreement with Vixen to acquire all of the stock of Vixen Pharmaceuticals. For those unaware, Vixen Pharma is the small startup company that Christiano founded…
Read MoreTsuji Lab Partnering, Follicum First Trial: Weekly Thoughts 3/24/16
Hello Everybody, I hope you all enjoy this edition of Weekly Thoughts which contains exciting news about the Tsuji Lab and a new nano-coating technology for stem cells. Tsuji Backed By Major Partner Dr. Takashi Tsuji of the Riken Research Institute has found a sponsor for his potential game changing hair growth research. Meiji Seika…
Read MoreYeditepe University Hair Growth Cream
A research team from Yeditepe University in Turkey recently announced that they will be launching a hair growth cream within the next two months. The team is headed by Prof. Fikrettin Sahin, head of the Department of Genetics and Bioengineering at Yeditepe University. The news was made public last Friday during a press conference that…
Read MoreWhat About Samumed Phase II?
What is most significant and encouraging about this new data is the SM04554 treatment was applied for only 90 days, but continued to have positive results all the way until 135 days. The chart shows that during the 45 days after the treatment was stopped, there was still a continual increase in hair count from…
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