Moles could be the secret to regrowing hair on a balding head...

[BackInTheGame78]

Pretty interesting...researchers planning to use the same process specific types of moles do to cause hair growth but replicate it via microneedling on the scalp. Claim the body already has all the molecules it needs internally to do this, nothing else is needed.

All the insecure men rejoice!

Scientists believe they've discovered a cure for baldness. It's hiding in your hairy moles — and can be injected like Botox.

Scientists at The University of California, Irvine have discovered why some moles grow long hairs. They think the same technique could cure balding.

www.yahoo.com

 

[corsica]

You should always take such articles with a grain of salt.

Amplifica, a California-based biotech company that Plikus helped co-found, will trial their mole-inspired hair loss treatment in the coming weeks.

The company wouldn't share details with Insider, but the treatment will likely involve a combination of osteopontin and some other, newly-discovered hair-growing proteins Plikus has found.

Might be an article to grab some venture capital money. They could easily get a Billion dollars worth of money for "further research" since curing balding is one of the most sought "cures" pharma is looking for (it can be highly profitable since the market is massive).

Such articles always point for trials just around the corner. This one says "coming weeks" but you can bet a month or two will pass by and you won't see any news about it.

Reading the actual research on PubMed would give a better insight. I don't feel like taking the time though.

 

[MatureDJ]

Great, so bald men have to grow benign melanoma tumors (which is what a mole is) to get hair again?

 

[Hamurabimbi]

Side effect is blindness & buck teeth?