Novel Treatments
Telomerase a New Fountain of Youth?
Telomerase is an enzyme that adds specific DNA sequence repeats to the end of DNA strands in the telomere regions. Telomerase consists of two molecules each - telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), telomerase RNA (TERC) and dyskerin. By using TERC, TERT can add a specific six-nucleotide repeating sequence to the strand of chromosomes. These repeats are called telomeres.
Intercytex Reports Further Progress
In March 2008, Intercytex reported the latest results on its progress in the phase II clinical study of ICX-TRC. ICX-TRC is a suspension of a patient’s own dermal papilla cells that is injected into the patient scalp to stimulate new hair growth. Intercytex is a frontrunner in the development of hair multiplication. The latest results are consistent with the earlier data...
Intercytex Making Progress
Hair multiplication may be the next big step in surgical hair restoration. Several medical teams on three continents are currently researching hair multiplication. The UK-based firm Intercytex appears to be the frontrunner. Their latest report on the Phase II clinical study of ICX-TRC...
Generating New Hair Follicles
Follica, a US-based medical device company, is developing a novel approach that consists in generating completely new hair follicles in wounds of hair-free skin. This technique was licensed from the University of Pennsylvania. Researchers studying skin healing processes at the university noticed that new hair follicles formed in the middle of some wounds...
NEOSH101 Phase IIb Results Are Pending
NEOSH101 is a proteasome inhibitor (a potential osteoporosis cure), being presently developed into a hair loss remedy by the dermatology-focused specialty pharmaceutical company called Neosil. It is currently undergoing Phase IIb clinical trials for its targeted FDA approval conducted in Germany...
