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Stemore of Korea has recently updated their website with exciting new information. Asia’s #1 Hair Loss Cure Research Company I remember reading that Stemore hoped to one day become Asia’s leading company in the field of hair loss cure research and development. I think after reading this article you may agree that they have already…
Koehler Lab Identifies Partner To Move Technology Forward: Update (7/7/21) About one year after this article was originally published, I have received a noteworthy update to share from Dr. Karl Koehler. Most importantly, as you read in the heading, an undisclosed company has stepped up to the plate to further Koehler’s research towards the clinic.…
US Male Phase 2 Pyrilutamide Trial Underway: Update (3/1/22) Consistent progress is the M.O. of Kintor Pharma. On March 1, 2022 it was announced that the first patients in a US phase 2 trial for males have received dosing. The four cohorts in the trial will receive topical dosing of either 2.5 mg pyrilutamide twice…
Update (6/22/20) The Manager of Recruitment at the California Dermatology & Clinical Research Institute reached out to me over the weekend to let me know that their site is still seeking participants for the HST-001 trial. Recruitment for the trial is scheduled to close in about 3 weeks so if you live in the San…
Histogen Doses First Patient In 1B/2A Trial – Update 6/2/20 Histogen has wasted no time in getting their latest trial of HST-001 (HSC) underway. On June 1, 2020, the company sent out a press release to announce the first male patient has been dosed in their latest trial of HSC. Positive developments seem to be…
Follicle Thought is pleased to present an exclusive look at a newcomer in the hair loss treatment industry, Triple Hair of Canada. Triple Hair’s Story Triple Hair was founded by Dr. Houfar Sekhavat, an opthalmologist based in Moncton, Canada. It was Dr. Sekhavat’s own experience with androgenic alopecia which lead him to seek out a…
Today, I’m happy to be sharing a “never seen online before” poster of a L’Oreal research project involving the creation of hair follicle organoids in a dish. This type of work is commonly referred to as “hair cloning” – the ability to create brand new hair follicles outside the body using various types of follicle…
Replicel Terminates License With Shiseido: Update (12/21/21) Two months after Replicel announced that it was entering arbitration proceedings with Shiseido, the company has announced today that it has terminated its license agreement with Shiseido. The license agreement between Replicel and Shiseido dates back to 2013 when Shiseido paid an upfront fee to gain the rights…
Histogen is finally becoming a publicly traded company in 2020 after latest merger deal. On January 28, 2020, Histogen and Conatus Pharmaceuticals issued a press release announcing a definitive merger agreement between the two companies. Like Histogen, Conatus Pharmaceuticals is a biotech company based in San Diego, CA. Conatus has been publicly traded on Nasdaq…
RT160 Gray Hair Reversal Published Study (7/13/20) Last week, a new peer-reviewed article on RiverTown Therapeutics’ RT1640 was published in the Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research journal. The study is titled “Topical RT1640 treatment effectively reverses gray hair and stem cell loss in a mouse model of radiation‐induced canities” and was led by Dr. Melissa…