Posts by Follicle Thought
Sanford-Burnham Receives $100 Million Donation
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute just received a generous donation to the tune of $100 million. The donation has prompted them to change their name to Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, incorporating the name of Conrad Prebys, their latest benefactor. The news comes in the same month that we learned Sanford-Burnham estimated it would…
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Read MoreWake Forest Clinical Trial and USUHS Hair Patent
(Published July 2015) I was wondering when Wake Forest was going to get in the hair game. The school has one of the most advanced regenerative medicine programs in the country. According to the Wake Forest website, they are currently gearing up for a clinical trial on a “topical investigational medication” for hair. At the…
Read MoreGoFund Sanford Burnham Hair Stem Cells
The research led by Alexey Terskikh at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute has grown very popular on the internet over the past several months. The work was even featured in our Ultimate Guide to Hair Regeneration a few months ago. Terskikh’s technology is based on taking human pluripotent stem cells, programming them to differentiate into dermal…
Read MoreFollicum
Update: Here is the write-up that Follicum CEO Dr. Jan Alenfall provided to Follicle Thought. Follicum – Click to Download Been to Sweden lately? I haven’t either. But, I might be more interested in booking a flight after Follicum’s clinical trial gets underway in early 2016. Follicum is a new biotechnology venture based in Sweden…
Read MoreChristophe Guillemat Stem Cell Transplant
Christophe Guillemat and the CFS Barcelona Hair Transplant Clinic have been developing a technique to transplant stem cells from donor hair to the recipient area to grow hair follicles. I have heard Guillemat say that the doctors of the CFS use the complete donor area when doing this procedure. The technique itself sounds very similar to…
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Read MoreKythera Biopharmaceuticals acquired by Allergan
Hot off the press. Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, the company who recently acquired the rights to use PDG2r antagonists for hair growth, has been acquired by the pharmaceutical powerhouse Allergan for $2.1 Billion. The deal is mainly being publicized as an acquisition of Kythera’s double chin treatment Kybella. However, any internet hair enthusiast knows that Allergan already…
Read MoreAlviArmani Recruiting for Cutting Edge Hair Growth Treatment
This image was posted to AlviArmani’s Twitter account about three weeks ago. The most notable information on the poster: 1. “Be a participant in cutting edge research for hair growth” 2. “No cost to you” 3. “Alviarmani Beverly Hills” I was intrigued when I noticed this was being done by AlviArmani, who has conducted extensive…
Read MoreIBN 3D Hair Follicle Model
This press release might have flown under the radar back in July 2013 when it was released. It’s flown under the radar since then, too. However, I feel there could be more to it than what meets the eye when it comes to this research. The IBN First off, who is the IBN? The Institute…
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