TRC-like HM trial by Canadian company

[somone uk]

seems to be a new kid on the block but they are only carrying out a phase 1 trial of a hm methord that is supposed to clone the hair follicles in a method similar to TRC but phase 1 has only began so it's too early to say

http://www.trichoscience.com/

i just hope unlike intercytex these people have a REAL business model rather than shite

 

[Boondock]

I've gotta hand it to you, this is the most promising start-up in this area I've seen all year. Kudos for posting it.

Very interesting website, and like you say they appear to be on similar lines to TRC. It's interesting that they've put an estimated cost on the website - potentially more expensive than hair transplant, but not by astronomical amounts.

All they need now is some capital. A few enterprising, balding venture-capitalists could make some real money out of this if they were willing to invest. If they had real cash to spare, they could even look at buying the intellectual property Intercytex have so far created on their HM project. Time will tell.

 

[casperz]

Simple & Effective Cell Replication Technology
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The TrichoScience technology and procedure has been developed over nine
years of research, experimentation, and trials. The mechanics of the
procedure are remarkably simple:

As few as 10-20 hair follicles are extracted from a patient

The patient's follicle cells are laboratory replicated through the cellular replication process

The replicated cells are injected back into the patient's areas of thinning hair
or baldness

The implanted cells induce the formation and growth of new hair follicles and
also help rejuvenate damaged hair follicles

The anticipated long term result is the restoration of a full head of hair that has been seeded by the patient's own natural hair cells.

I check in here from time to time to see what is up and on occasion I'm rewarded with gems like this.

Sign me up, sounds like they have been working on it a while. I wonder how long Phase 1 will last?

 

[hairsucks]

Interesting find. I imagine it's going to take some time though. Maybe 5 years!?

 

[Smooth]

Yup, 5 years from now we will have a working operating HM system! write the date in your calendars! :whistle:

 

[Boondock]

It's easy to joke about it, but if they do have the funding, and the science is sound, then there's no reason why this couldn't be on the market in 10-15 years. A few companies are trying this now, and some have failed, but the idea is stirring in the scientific community and we'll get there eventually.

 

[Smooth]

t the idea is stirring in the scientific community and we'll get there eventually.

Maybe but as it seems, all the hype usally dies with the copanies and i honestly think that this section is waste of breathe, there is nothing that can grow hair with density needed to put the butcher method aside, and we wont have anything SOLID for public use in the next 25-30 years (some medications even take more then 50 years, mostly due to FDA regulations, which is -btw- a good thing, i dont want to have a full head of hair at the price of a brain cancer)

 

[Boondock]

I know there's a lot of hype out there, but I suspect the reason most people here are so cynical is because they've got their hopes up before, and don't want to be disappointed again. Pessimism is insurance against feeling the pain of false promises.

From my standpoint, the science at least makes sense. The trouble is in the application of it, and in the bringing of it to the market. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

 

[Smooth]

People cynical because the companies are - they promise to bring cure while they barley have a working concept just to cause hype around their hokus-pokus treatments so they can raise money and then go bankrupt, its ridiculous and i fell for it countless times, now i know that its only a game of money and i shouldn't take things too serious unless something *real*, that works, every time and can grow actual thick hair comes out... i think i gained the right to be cynical then, dont you agree?

 

[Boondock]

No, I don't agree at all. These companies don't simply make hype and promises. There's plenty of posturing and exagerrated timescales, sure, but in the end their results come down to clinical trials, conducted in as rigorous a way as possible. You can boast when it comes to your PR statements, but if the trials don't show success then ultimately your product's dead in the water.

That's the difference between these treatments and treatments such as, say, procerin. They might ultimately fail, but they're not just scams to try and rinse money out of people.

Edit: To save any confusion, the blanked out word there was p.rocer.in (hopefully that came through). It's clear that I'm not trying to promote the company in this post!

 

[Kube8]

I'm wary. Only Phase 1 of human testing has begun yet the website can make all these assertions about the procedure, cost, results and so on? How on earth could they determine a cost for a procedure that's only in it's initial trials? How dare they speak of results like it's been proven? Under "Scalp/Tissue Damage" they state "NONE." How the hell do they know? Because of "other testing since 2000." What other testing? on clams? bears? toothbrushes?

I don't know... it all sounds good and all, but I gotta say.... sounds like they are getting ahead of themselves or just full of sh*t.

That being said, I wish them all the luck in the world. :woot:

 

[DHR]

ditto, they make some lofty promises and their projections are a little OTT.

That said, I hop it all works out...I get the feeling that it'll take people from across the pond, to show us Brits (with our ICX) how to get things done.

:thumbdown2:

 

[metropolis]

seems to be a new kid on the block but they are only carrying out a phase 1 trial of a hm methord that is supposed to clone the hair follicles in a method similar to TRC but phase 1 has only began so it's too early to say

http://www.trichoscience.com/

i just hope unlike intercytex these people have a REAL business model rather than shite

Fascinating stuff but I'm still convinced that the definitive baldness treatment will be some sort of 'Super Propecia': an oral treatment that protects hair follicles from DHT without altering hormone levels.

 

[somone uk]

seems to be a new kid on the block but they are only carrying out a phase 1 trial of a hm methord that is supposed to clone the hair follicles in a method similar to TRC but phase 1 has only began so it's too early to say

http://www.trichoscience.com/

i just hope unlike intercytex these people have a REAL business model rather than shite

Fascinating stuff but I'm still convinced that the definitive baldness treatment will be some sort of 'Super Propecia': an oral treatment that protects hair follicles from DHT without altering hormone levels.

that is much easier said than done, we already have Spironolactone that works that way but it has the same side effects
it's also useless against hair that has already been lost
as far as dht inbitors go propecia does the job as well as it possibly can be done, it's just inhibiting 5ar only can help hairloss so far
in that respect minoxidil has much more potential
we now know how it works so making a better drug is not going to be so hard

 

[bababooey]

You know, I have no idea how effective this place will be but they have BOLD claims. Atleast it is some shred of hope for people with hairloss.

The good thing is, it is for men AND women. I think women will spend alot more for hair than men.

 

[DHR]

and now Dr. Jerry Shapiro is their chairmen.... :dunno:

 

[question7]

This is awesome, right where I live as well. Nice to see Dr, Shapiro is on board now. I have a bottle of proscar prescribed by him in my drawer.

 

[somone uk]

This is awesome, right where I live as well. Nice to see Dr, Shapiro is on board now. I have a bottle of proscar prescribed by him in my drawer.

ask him pretty please for him to launch phase 2 in the uk :innocent:
i would be happy going on the trial IF i knew i was not getting a placebo
saying that i don't know if such a trial has a placebo
i mean did they have a placebo when we first transplanted hearts, i am pretty sure the placebo group didn't do well :dunno:

 

[question7]

I don't see him until April, but I will be sure to drill him on trichoscience. Last time I saw some young grad student, was very disappointed. I made a request to see Dr. Shapiro next time though.

 

[plzgrowback]

can you check
http://whois.domaintools.com/trichoscience.com
as per whois domain is owned by keratin dot com
which basically is a crap hairloss website,
trichoscience probably is just a site to get your emails
:sobbing: