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BioAmide
Reporting Preliminary Results on Dermal Papilla Cloning -
Reprint
of abstract provided by "Interested Observer" - one of
HairSite's major contributors in Hair Multiplication forum.
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I received BioAmide's abstract in the mail. When I have time, I will
try and scan the document, save it as a PDF file, and e-mail it to
David so that he can post it on this website.
In brief: The news is not very
good. When BioAmide stated that the results were preliminary, it was
not an understatement.
Eight test patients who had
elected to undergo hair transplants had a slightly larger than
required donor strip removed. Part of the donor strip was sent to
the lab. Dermal papilla were extracted and cultured. Solutions of
singlely suspended derma papilla of different concentrations were
injected into cites behind the ears of four test patients (group A).
Scaffolds containing clumped
dermal papilla were implanted through incisions into cites behind
the ears of the other four test patients (group B).
After 2 months, biopsies were
taken. No hair grew in group A, leading BioAmide to conclude that
singly suspended cells do not work. One patient in group B
experienced undeniable growth (2 hairs).
The biopsies from the remainder
showed signs of normal and abnormal new follicular structures.
BioAmide's future work will involve reproducing the conditions which
resulted in hair growth.
Comments: After reading the
abstract, I very much doubt that BioAmide will have a workable
protocol in two years. I believe we will have to wait the four years
for Gho. Maybe he will bring it to us sooner, but when it comes to
hairloss, I have learnt to expect the worst, so I have mentally
prepared myself for four years.
BioAmide's procedure seems to
be rather invasive, involving many incisions using a scalpel. I
imagine there would be some sort of scarring. I'm sorry. I wish I
had better news to report, particularly in light of Farrel's recent
report about Bosley.
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