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SCM Lifescience is a biotechnology company based in South Korea with a focus on adult stem cell therapeutics. The company had caught my eye several months ago when I read about its plans to develop a stem-cell derived product for hair growth. Since then, SCM seems to be making progress on that path. SCM Lifescience…
The New Yorker Magazine published an article this morning on the truly “age old quest” of curing hair loss. The article, written by Amos Barshad, is not your typical mainstream media wrap on baldness and its treatment horizon. Amos spoke to a large pool of the hair growth industry companies and household names. Featured in…
Today, Follicum announced their phase 2a trial of FOL-005 for the scalp is fully recruited. The trial consists of injections of Follicum’s modified peptide, FOL-005, over a three month period. This trial design is supportive for a data readout by year’s end, as enrollment has been completed while still in June. CEO of Follicum, Jan…
Today, I am pleased to be sharing news of a stem-cell derived hair growth cosmetic product which could be available to consumers by the end of this year. While researching in the Follicle Thought lab recently 😉 I discovered the company Medipost, which is based in South Korea. Medipost is a biotechnology company that is…
Earlier this year in March, a documentary titled “Too Young To Go Bald” was featured on the BBC network. The video was available for streaming online, yet only for residents of the UK. I recently found the full video available on Vimeo and wanted to share it with you all. This documentary displays the lives…
Earlier this month, research coming out of the NIH and the University of Alabama made headlines for uncovering a piece of the biological puzzle which is the process of hair graying. The team behind the study determined that the immune system is highly involved in the proces of achromotrichia (hair graying) and that the transcription…
Researchers from UCLA lead by Jing Huang PhD have shown in a recent study that small molecules which activate autophagy cause hair to enter the growth phase. Autophagy is a metabolic process that cells use to clear out or recycle parts of themselves. This study observed the hair growth effects of several types of small…
Today, there have been updates from two companies with therapies in phase 2 clinical trials for AGA. Initially, I posted the Follicum news to the Updates page, then I later found that Aclaris had released news as well. This was compelling enough to create an article for these news items. Follicum Trial Over 50% Enrolled…
The Brotzu lotion news keeps rolling in and things are getting interesting. First off, it was revealed this morning that the result photos from the Sitri Congress Pdf presentation were mislabeled between the 3 month and 6 month male result. I have now shown the accurate side-by-side comparison of the baseline to 6 month result…
Update: The full Brotzu presentation has been uploaded to Youtube by the Sitri organization. Coincidentally, and importantly, I’ve been told during this presentation (which is in Italian) Dr. Brotzu mentions that the male results photos were erroneously mislabeled in the pdf slide for the 3 month result and the 6 month result. This is, then, what…