New hair growth technology using the foreskin of the infant, the results in the early stages

Research report experiment of new hair growth you have to do is make a clone of (modulo other) hair follicle with the foreskin of the [October 22 AFP] infant, transplanted into mouse is performed, and the results have been obtained in the initial stage the 21st, (U.S. Academy of SciencesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , PNAS It was announced) to.

Or transplanted into the scalp to another hair taken from the scalp, hair loss measures the current, but the center and the use of agents to promote restoring hair or inhibition of hair loss, the method of approach is very different hair growth method has been studied new . Columbia University Medical Center ("In contrast, by using the patient's own cells in our way, has the potential to grow the hair follicle really new" and Columbia University Medical Center Angela Christiano of) ( Angela Christiano to speak) Professor (genetic developmental studies).

The breakthrough point of this study is that it tried a new way to use the hair papilla cells play a major role in the formation of the hair follicle, encourage the growth of hair. Dermal papilla cells, could not be breeding in the two-dimensional culture of experimental plate until now. Therefore, the research team was inspired by the mouse experiment that is easy to transplant the hair papilla cells, have created a clone of hair papilla cells of human three-dimensional tissue culture.

Tissue was used foreskin infants who received the circumcision surgery in the center. We chose the foreskin of infants, and that because reach out to the patient's scalp to stimulate the dermal papilla of human, not only reach out to the hair follicles within the skin, and completely rewrite the fate of the hair follicle.

Where were transplanted into mice dermal papilla and skin tissue grown man newly, and hair growth in 5 of 7 flukes. Hair conform to the gene of the donor, I lasted six weeks minimum.

If you reach the stage where I study more fully this technology, make the clinical trial, men suffering women and alopecia, in the early stages of hair loss and thinning hair due to aging, burns that require both the hair follicle and skin in the team I'm expected to show an effect in the treatment of patients et al.

Co-author of the paper, British Durham University ( Durham University Colin Jahoda of) ( Colin Jahoda ) Professor (stem cell science), the expectation that it is positioned as a "significant step forward" the discovery of this, clinical trials are carried out shortly showed.

Said there are a lot of "issues from an aesthetic point of view" with respect to AFP, the proof of underlying principles, but we must solve the future, development of "hair, color of hair, such as whether grow in the right direction, he people talking and would ask such a thing exactly, but that it "is not sufficient at this stage. (C) AFP