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The biotech startup from San Diego has had quite a background story since emerging onto the hair scene back in 2009. It had occurred to me that Histogen is now officially the longest-running “in development” hair-growth company in the world. And, when you look at that beginning date closely it starts to make sense –…
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A topic that is rarely covered among hair loss publications is the phenomenon of chemotherapy-induced alopecia and specifically, permanent chemotherapy-induced alopecia. Chemotherapy and Hair Loss Around 2 million people may develop breast cancer each year globally, according to the World Cancer Research Fund. For these people who receive a breast cancer diagnosis, one the most…
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Stemson Therapeutics, a biotech company working on a cure to create unlimited hair growth, issued an important press release about its research and the launching of its website on June 26, 2019. The company is based in La Jolla, California and was founded by Sanford Burnham Prebys researcher Dr. Alexey Terskikh and Geoff Hamilton in…
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Dr. Angela Christiano and her team from Columbia University are back in the headlines for a range of new hair growth discoveries, one of them being progress on the 3D printing of hair follicles. 3D Follicles In The Dish It’s no secret that Angela Christiano has been studying the biology of hair follicles for decades.…
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On June 17, 2019, Aclaris Therapeutics Inc. issued a press release announcing positive results from a phase 2 clinical trial for men and women with androgenic alopecia. Trial Details From the press release: the trial results included 22 subjects of both men and women who applied a 0.46% solution of ATI-502 to their scalps twice…
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Boston based hair growth company Follica has announced positive data from its ongoing safety and optimization study and is prepared to move into a pivotal FDA study later this year. Upon checking my email this morning I found a message from a top level executive at Follica pointing me to a press release sent out…
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A new company with an interesting pipeline aimed at hair growth technology, Applied Biology, has recently surfaced on the internet. Background Applied Biology is a biotechnology company based in Irvine, California and led by dermatologist Dr. Andy Goren. The company’s About page gives a good description of Applied Biology’s focus: “Applied Biology is a biotechnology…
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Today, on June 6th 2019, Aclaris made its annual presentation at the Jeffries Global Healthcare Conference in New York City. Eyebrow Growth To Start Aclaris CEO Dr. Neal Walker made the presentation on behalf of his company and shared some impressive eyelash growth results. The slide is shared below and depicts the before photos on the…
Read MoreAfter initiating a rousing new trial for female hair loss last year, Histogen has been back on many people’s radar again. A video of Histogen’s recent presentation in New York City has been uploaded online and it contains some interesting items from the company. New CEO One news item coming from Histogen earlier this year…
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Back in August 2017, UCLA researchers made headlines by discovering a new way to activate hair follicle stem cells. This was done through a metabolite called lactate. William Lowry and Heather Christofk of UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research were responsible for the lactate discovery. Lowry and Christofk…
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