Riken for the cure

[BoSox]

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201806050032.html

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[mrclean]

Japan seems like it will be the first place for a viable treatment. Either replicel or maybe what Riken is working on....Japan seems to be the place we will be going to.

[ClarkNYC]

Anybody have any sense of what these treatments are likely to cost?

[mrclean]

Just a guess $3000 to $5000

[Schiller]

Junji Fukuda of Yokohama National University (Fukuda Lab) had a similar announcement earlier this year. I think it's a race now in Japan.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/baldly-grow-japan-scientists-regrow-hair-record-rate/#.W0dHoC2ZNE5

[BoSox]

“While human tests might not be in the cards for another five years, ultimately researchers believe the technique could be used to generate luscious new locks.”

Lol, 5 years. **** that.

[HMDWN]

“While human tests might not be in the cards for another five years, ultimately researchers believe the technique could be used to generate luscious new locks.”

Lol, 5 years. **** that.

It's always many years away.
I've been reading the same thing way back in the late 70's with the magazine BS "Head Start" and the miracle goo in a little bottle (looked like semen) called Biogenesis.

[Schiller]

Those relics of consumer capitalism can cause us to despair, yes. But technology these days is changing our lives a lot. I myself believe that some useful new development will come out of Japan.

[beetee]

Those relics of consumer capitalism can cause us to despair, yes. But technology these days is changing our lives a lot. I myself believe that some useful new development will come out of Japan.

Agreed, the Riken thing sounds more promising and potentially near-term than the other Japanese line of research posted in the second article link. But who knows...