New bbc article on, prostaglandin D synthase

[slurms mackenzie]

I did a search for prostaglandin D but couldn't find anthing, only to find later an article published in the experimental treatments forum, so sorry for the double posting any way ...

Fill up on this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17457098

A biological clue to male baldness has been discovered, raising the prospect of a treatment to stop or even reverse thinning hair.

In studies of bald men and laboratory mice, US scientists pinpointed a protein that triggers hair loss.

Drugs that target the pathway are already in development, they report in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Could be a cream based treatment

 

[gh05]

I thought people here would be all over this article. Sounds a lot more promising than most.

 

[TravisB]

Drugs that target the pathway are already in development, they report in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

But the question is what are these drugs? Is it possible to see pipeline somewhere?

 

[IrishFella]

It is very promising, but we'll see, hopefully something comes of it. Fingers crossed.

 

[kc444]

If we can figure out what drugs they are, it shouldn't be to difficult to have them synthesized and develop our own cream vehicle. Would it be a prostaglandin D2 antagonist? http://www.news-medical.net/news/201005 ... ptors.aspx

 

[slurms mackenzie]

It's sounds like some serious stuff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostaglandin_D2_synthase

let's hope it can be targeted locally.