Good News -- I just called Aderans Research Institute in Atlanta

[UK_]

Has anyone emailed the company about this and had a response? I sent one the other day but they're so ignorant they NEVER respond to emails.

[hellouser]

This is easily going to be the worst news of the year

I'd take their treatment even if the results we're poor, if only it could act like permanent finasteride without the god damn side effects.

[JJJJrS]

So unless someone else is willing to fund Aderans, they're out of the race which leaves only Replicel and Histogen?

Spencer seems to believe it wouldn't be too hard to raise the money that they require to move ahead, particular if they do a kickstarter, which he hinted at. Now that Aderans is no longer involved in the project, he believes it may even speed up the process of the treatment reaching the market.

Maybe he's trying to soften the blow of the news but that was his opinion. I personally would not get my hopes up for any of these companies (ARI, Replicel, Histogen) until they show something more concrete.

LOL Kickstarter from a company owned by a multi-million $ enterprise. What bullshit.

It's not owned by a multi-million $ enterprise anymore. Aderans has cut all the funding. ARI is off on their own now it seems.

[UK_]

It's not owned by a multi-million $ enterprise anymore. Aderans has cut all the funding. ARI is off on their own now it seems.

Yeah and they've cut ties because of the lackluster results and the constant pushing back of timelines and false promises, ARI havent shown anything concrete - ever.

LOL@"making waves in Hawaii":

http://www.aderansresearch.com/pdfs/PR_01_24_12.pdf

Also, STILL NO FORMAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE. It's disgraceful behaviour, we're hearing about this through a phone call to a radio host, how unprofessional of them.

[JJJJrS]

Yeah and they've cut ties because of the lackluster results and the constant pushing back of timelines and false promises, ARI dont deserve a penny of our money.

Overall, when you look at the big picture: Aderans pulling out of the project; auctioning off all the equipment; ~60% success rate of the treatment; lack of photos showing clear hair growth; things don't seem to be too promising.

[534623]

He talked about it on yesterday's show.

He said he had a long conversation with Ken Washenik and that the rumors are true.
The Aderans board has decided to stop funding the Aderans Research Institute (ARI).

lol...seems they read my posts at HS ...

Actually, that's not funny:
It took them 11 years to find out what Dr. Gho found out (under high pressure) within a few years.

"Cell-based therapy" ...yeah, sure ...

[UK_]

Overall, when you look at the big picture: Aderans pulling out of the project; auctioning off all the equipment; ~60% success rate of the treatment; lack of photos showing clear hair growth; things don't seem to be too promising.

No shit.

[TheSwingingGate]

Maybe they should go on Shark Tank for funding.

[UK_]

No point in funding them.

DP cells wont work!!! ICX failed and now Aderans!!! We're wasting time on this.

[rdawg]

Hard to be super negative when it's not like they showed amazing results in the first place.

They had an intriguing product but never really did anything, I'm not gonna be depressed over a product that barely showed results in the first place.

now if Histogen all of sudden collapsed I'd be mad, because it seems like they have at least somewhat of a working product.

[Thinning87]

I totally agree. Maybe in 2004 I would have put a lot of hope in them. But now, who cares, I can't see how anyone could have cared after what they (didn't) show last year.

Go Follica

[garethbale]

Joke company, with disgraceful communication skills!

Are they that much of a loss?

Hopefully if Ji Gami does continue it will be run by a company that's a bit more open and honest.

[hellouser]

Joke company, with disgraceful communication skills!

Are they that much of a loss?

Hopefully if Ji Gami does continue it will be run by a company that's a bit more open and honest.

More important is the release date... they had plans for next year to have a commercial product.

[garethbale]

More important is the release date... they had plans for next year to have a commercial product.

Doubt that was ever viable. I just hope that the research doesn't go to waste. Then again if nothing comes of it, it probably wasn't that promising in the first place.

[KO1]

So now...mass suicide?

This was by far the best funded, and most sophisticated operation. Replicel is a joke compared to ARI.

Unless Nigam can figure it out, we're going to be waiting for many many years gentlemen. (I'm ignoring Follica as I have no knowledge of them).

MPB just doesn't have the pipeline to justify any optimism. No large pharma invests in MPB, the rest is left to tiny operations like Follica or Replicel and a wig company funding ARI.