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Questions
from
Ahab
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| 1. |
The one big question is what yet needs to be done
that we must wait five years? What's still holding up the process
? |
| HairSite |
This
is probably not the answer everyone's has been hoping for because
it is pretty much the same answers that were given in the
following link:
http://www.hairsite.com/library/abst-130.htm
Dr. Gho gave me the same answers that were given last year - the
logistics in setting up and standardizing everything from
instruments, lab equipment to manuals, as well as the actual
technicalities of how to extract the hair cells, and what
growth factors to use for the multiplication process etc. I can
sympathize the fact that this will take a while especially if he
intends to introduce HM worldwide and have to deal with different
regulatory authorities in each country. In addition, I assume Dr.
Gho will have to resolve issues related to licensing agreements
with different licensees worldwide, which means spending a lot of
time on the negotiation tables.
My speculation - In addition to the above, I suspect the timeframe
is also an issue of whether Dr. Gho wants to debut HM at 80%
perfection vs 90% perfection vs 100% perfection etc.,
hypothetically speaking. Dr. Gho mentioned that HM is not a static
technology. It is similar to hair transplant and there is always
room for improvement. I would assume he can introduce the
technique today if he wants, but if there is a way he can polish
and refine his technique, then he wouldn't mind spending more time
experimenting until he feels reasonably satisfied. Some scientists
are perfectionists who want to take as much time as he can before
the technique is unveiled worldwide. - Pure speculation
here. |
| 2. |
What was the significance of May 7th ? |
| HairSite |
The
interview was conducted on April 26, and I figured I would need a
window of about 10 days to write up the interview and to get Dr.
Gho's approval. I consulted Dr. Gho if May 7th would be a
realistic deadline before I set the schedule. I suppose I
would invoke the same question if the transcripts were scheduled
to be published on any given date. |
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Questions
from
AlecBaldOne |
| 3. |
Didn't
Dr. Gho state he has treated thousands of patients in his life?
Why wouldn't one come forward? Whatever happened
to Cees de Lange? |
| HairSite |
This
puzzles me too. I can understand that Dr. Gho's HM patients are
prohibited from sharing any info with the public. But as for
regular non-HM patients who have been treated by Dr. Gho, I am
fairly certain they are not bounded by any confidentiality
agreement. It is unclear why none of Dr. Gho's non-HM patient
would come forward and share with us what he or she knows. I
have no idea where is Cees de Lange. |
| 4. |
He has obviously done human trials, where are these
people? |
| HairSite |
Same
with any clinical trials in most developed countries, they are all
bounded by a confidentiality agreement which prohibits them from
sharing the trial results with anyone. |
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Question
from
BaldmanJames |
| 5. |
Edited
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| HairSite |
Edited
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Question
from
Bill |
| 6. |
After reading your announcement, I got the idea that
new follicles are being created, instead of dormant ones being
revived. Someone has emailed me who suggested otherwise. I think this is an
important issue. Could you verify for us which is true. Are new follicles
being created, or are new cells being injected into old follicles |
| HairSite |
I
must have overlooked the significance of the question. I was
puzzled by this question in the first place because my feelings is
that HM can regrow hair in balding areas, and it shouldn't be of
much significance whether HM grows hair by stimulating the old
unhealthy follicles or by creating new follicles.
My understanding is that new follicles are being created under HM.
Let me quote what it says in the patent:
<...a suspension of cultured hair
..cells...is introduced into each pore such that said quantity
contains sufficient hair ...cells to
allow a hair follicle to develop ...
>
< The number of cultured hair ...cells...needed to
cause a hair follicle to form is
highly dependent on the degree of differentiation of the cultured
cells >
If Dr. Jahoda's
research is considered to be in the same discipline as Dr. Gho's,
then there is further evidence to show that the research is to
induce the formation of new hair follicles, see excerpts below
from a medical article:
<
We have shown that just a few hundred cells of ...was sufficient
to ...induce new hair follicles
in the skin...>
I am not sure if
this answers your questions. |
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Question
from
CitizenX |
| 7.
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Did Dr. Gho give any insights when the procedure will be available
in Holland? Does he aim to make HM available worldwide at the same
time? |
| HairSite |
No
specific date as to when it will become available in the
Netherlands. Dr. Gho did mention two things: 1) that HM will
be available in the Netherlands before any other countries, and 2)
that he is aiming to introduce HM worldwide within 5 years.
Dr. Gho did suggest that the introduction of HM worldwide will
happen simultaneously. However, please be mindful that
logistically, this is probably very hard to time everything
perfectly. I would not be surprised to see HM available in some
countries (besides Netherlands) sooner than other despite Dr.
Gho's statement - Pure speculation. |
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Question
from
DeepCover |
| 8. |
Where did you meet with Dr.
Gho and Jos Fleskens ? In
Maastricht |
| HairSite |
Yes. |
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Questions
from
Fred |
| 9. |
Do you have any sense of what is holding up the procedure
that he rather brazenly says works quite well. Streamlining. You
did not get any other words that could shed some light on this? |
| HairSite |
Please
read my answer to Ahab - question # 1. |
| 10. |
Does he plan on publishing anything? Did you ask
him this? |
| HairSite |
Yes,
I did ask him but he only entertained this question very briefly
and refused to offer any additional comments. My speculation -
Mostly likely. |
| 11. |
Why the May 7th date? It was so full of drama but
really arbitrary in the end. He could easily have answered these
questions at any given time. Why this date? |
| HairSite |
I
sent Dr. Gho the 23 questions last November and had never been
able to obtain a response from him until he finally agreed to meet
with me on April 26. I figured that it would take me about 10 days
to write up the transcripts and to get Dr. Gho's approval before I
can publish in HairSite. I consulted Dr. Gho if May 7th would be a
realistic deadline before I set the schedule. |
| 12. |
How did you arrange to meet with Gho? Did you
just arrive there? Or was the meeting in the US? Where was your
meeting with |
| HairSite |
I
met with Dr. Gho and Jos Fleskens at their clinic in the
Netherlands. |
| 13. |
Certain questions arise out of the five year plan
he answers. Did you bring up any of them and did he renege or do
you have to not answer those per some agreement? |
| HairSite |
Pardon
me, but I am not sure if I fully understood your question. You
mentioned "Certain questions arise out of the five year
plan", if you could elaborate what those questions are, I
will be happy to answer them the best I can. |
| 14. |
Are you personally going to get HM done any time
soon? |
| HairSite |
No. |
| 15. |
Given a five year time line, do you think
personally that we should "move on"? |
| HairSite |
This
is a very personal choice.
I always tell my readers that if one's self-esteem has been so
severely undermined that his or her social life has been
compromised as a result of hair loss, then do something about it
NOW. Do not wait for the next breakthrough in technology. Nothing
is worth putting your life on hold. I especially sympathize with
people in their early twenties. This is the time when they are the
most vulnerable when confronted with the issue of hair loss.
There are many viable options available that will buy us some time
until the next breakthrough in hair restoration comes along.
Some may disagree with me, but I still think that the hair
transplant industry as a whole has not done enough to expedite
research and development in hair restoration. Nonetheless, hair
transplant work has been perfected to a science now and a large
majority of the transplant work yields very satisfactory
results.
But if you can wait, WAIT !!! |
| 16. |
Did you ask him about other procedures that are
allegedly on the horizon. Because surely in five years time, he
will not be the only kid on the block with a basketball. Did you
mention Dr. Unger? |
| HairSite |
Yes.
We discussed that briefly, including Dr. Unger. |
| 17. |
Given that Gho came up with HM in his spare time,
(he says it is a small amount of his practice) would it not be
possible for a full court press which was heavily funded to do an
accelerated version of his work in a shorter time. |
| HairSite |
I
am not sure if HM was researched in his spare time. My impression
is that he was focusing on HM until he had accomplished a certain
level of success with this technique, after which he no longer
needs to spend as much time on HM and decided to focus on other
researches - Pure speculation. Also, it normally takes months
before hair regrowth takes place, so it makes perfect sense that
Dr. Gho is researching other areas while waiting to see patient's
results from HM. |
| 18. |
Should we be thinking about
creating that investment group in YOUR opinion? |
| HairSite |
No.
I will address that very soon and let everyone know why with
details. |
| 19. |
Do you believe that the issue of
patent enforcement and such is the hold up? Do you think he has an
enforceable patent? |
| HairSite |
I
addressed this issue and both Dr. Gho and Mr. Fleskens firmly
believe that this is not an issue. I do not feel the same way. I
am not a scientist but I am concerned that Dr. Gho's patent may
not offer sufficient protection against potential
"knock-offs". If you read the patent carefully, I am
concerned that the patent may not be comprehensive enough to cover
the entire scope of possibilities. - Pure speculation here,
I am not a scientist. |
| 20. |
Will this news be released to the media? Will the
rest of the world get to know about this wonderful success? |
| HairSite |
I
have no idea what Dr. Gho's plans are with respect to press
release. |
| 21. |
Has
Dr. Gho asked you to avoid the media with this
information, or are you free to contact say a reporter who might
want to do a story about this? |
| HairSite |
I
am not allowed to do so. As you can see, I am only answering very
general and circumstantial questions here, nothing
technical. Most of my answers are speculative. |
| 22. |
It has long been a contention of
mine that if the HT buying consumer were aware of HM, they would
hold off. Now we have confirmation from one of the primary
researchers in this field. Is there not a moral obligation to make
the world aware of this great improvement? Right now, today,
people are going under the knife. Some of the work will be
horrible, indeed, disfiguring. Should the consumers be informed
about HM? And if the news is limited to HairSite, are we doing
these individuals a disservice? |
| HairSite |
I
think it is premature to make any substantial announcements to the
media at this point. We still have not been able to see any before
and after pictures. There is absolutely no patient info at this
point. All we have is transcripts from the interview. This is a
big step forward for people who come here often, but to the media,
that transcripts amount to hardly anything solid - My opinion
only. |
| 23. |
Does Dr. Gho have any contact with the honchos of
the HT industry in the US? |
| HairSite |
I
am not sure. |
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Question
from
Herby |
| 24. |
What are the obstacles to making HM available? Why
do we still need 5 years to make this work? |
| HairSite |
Please
read question # 1, answer to Ahab's question. |
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Questions
from
Jimbo |
| 25. |
Did he
specify five years before HM is introduced to the world or five years
before it is introduced to Holland? |
| HairSite |
Dr.
Gho is aiming to introduce HM within 5 years to the world,
including the Netherlands. The Netherlands will be the first place
where people can seek HM treatment. |
| 26. |
Although Dr. Gho is not interested in selling
a minority share of his project in exchange for funding, did you
get the sense that he still needs financial resources somehow, and
if so, would Dr. Gho be interested in unencumbered funding by
outside sources who are simply interested in getting this solved
rather than profit-sharing? |
| HairSite |
I
brought up the issue of funding, unencumbered or otherwise,
at least three times and each and every single time, both Dr. Gho
and Mr. Fleskens shot the subject down. They made it quite clear
that even unencumbered funding or contribution will not make a big
difference. |
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Question
from
Pants |
| 27. |
“Diffuse alopecia is mostly caused by an internal
disease or may be related to someone's immune system. This cannot
be treated by HM. However, if the diffuse pattern is caused by
alopecia androgenetic, then HM could be beneficial”
I have diffuse thinning, does this mean I will not be a
good candidate for HM? Or is this referring to people who have
diffuse thinning due to a disease? My condition is thinning slowly
like MPB but just not all in one place. |
| HairSite |
HM
can help if your diffuse thinning is caused by male pattern
baldness. |
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Question
from
Paul |
| 28. |
Could you please contact him again and simply ask
how long it would take before it's released in the Netherlands? |
| HairSite |
He
would not offer a more definite timeframe. |
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Question
from
SwedishDude |
| 29. |
Why does Dr. Gho need another five years before HM
is introduced? Are there some major problems since he says
that he is "aiming" on five years. This could mean it
will take even longer time ? |
| HairSite |
Please
read answers to Ahab's question - # 1. This could mean it will
take even longer time, or shorter. The context of our
conversations about the timeframe was leaning toward a
conservative estimate for the purpose of the transcripts. |
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Questions
from
Trey |
| 30. |
Question #26 asked about stimulating
"existing" follicles that are "dormant" and
Dr. Gho answered about dormant hair "cells." These are
different issues. We know that dead/dormant cells aren't going to
be revived; the question was about new cells being placed in
unhealthy follicles as opposed to just implanting the cells like
HT -- wherever the needle falls. Hopefully Dr. Gho will clear this up
at some point. |
| HairSite |
Please
read answers to Bill, question # 6 above. |
| 31. |
The comments on "diffuse thinning"
could scare some guys away who -- like myself -- have diffuse
thinning. I think Gho meant "diffuse thinning" in regard
to something other than MPB diffuse thinning because he mentioned
that at the end. It was easy to misunderstand, though. |
| HairSite |
You
are correct. |
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Questions
from
209.208.17.90 |
| 32. |
Isn't it interesting that
Dr. Gho says we were all
wrong and that he is not rejuvenating existing follicles that he
is injecting stem cells and creating new follicles? Isn't this a
reversal of his earlier statements where he said he didn't know if
he was creating new follicles or not? And no Dermal Papilla cells
just stem cells? How could he be using stem cells when they were
just discovered a little while ago and he has been doing his
research for over 10 years? Hmmmm, puzzling |
| HairSite |
Could
you tell me where I can find Dr. Gho's statement which said he did
not know if new follicles were created or not ? Could you also
please identify yourself ? |
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