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Dr.
Michael Holick, Boston University, Has Agreed To Answer Questions
About PTHrP In
Doctors & Experts Forum
Dr. Holick is one of the world's
leading researcher in parathyroid hormone (PTH). Many posters
in the topical forum have recently expressed interests in PTHrP.
According to Dr. Holick, "PTH and PTHrP may play an important role in the normal physiology of skin, and their agonists
and antagonists have potentially wide therapeutic applications in the treatment of hyperproliferative
skin disorders and aging skin and could also be effective in stimulating and maintaining hair growth." We
are very fortunate that Dr. Holick has agreed to answer questions in
the Doctors & Experts forum. This is a one-time arrangement only
and HairSite has agreed that no more than 10 questions will be
imposed on Dr. Holick. In
addition to his research in PTH / PTHrP, Dr. Holick is also famous
for his discovery about emu oil as a hair regrowth agent. It
is our plan to gather questions for Dr. Holick in the Topical
Forum until Friday May 31st before the questions are
finalized and posted in the Doctors & Experts forum for Dr.
Holick. For those who
are not familiar with PTHrP, please read forum
summary.
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The
following is an excerpt of Dr. Holick's profile
from Boston University's website |
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Dr. Holick is
internationally recognized for his many contributions in
the field of vitamin D, calcium, skin, and bone. He is the
Program Director for the Boston
University School of Medicine General Clinical
Research Center and was a merit awardee of
NIH. Dr. Holick
also serves as Chairman of a Review Group for
NASA, and has served on editorial boards of major
journals.
Dr. Holick's
Vitamin D research laboratory emphasizes the development
of new approaches for treating skin disease and cancer of
the skin, breast, colon, and prostate, and rejuvenating
skin health and stimulating hair growth. Analogs of
parathyroid hormone-related peptides are being investigated
as new therapeutic agents for regulating skin and hair
growth and for their application in treating psoriasis.
Gene therapy using the gene
that activates Vitamin D is being investigated as a gene
repair tool for treating psoriasis, prostate, and colon
and breast cancers.
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