Aderans

[Kiwi]

100 million dollars in spending and buying out bosley, hair club, etc looks like theyre onto something. They should be finishing up all their Phase II trials by february 2013 and Phase III results should be done about a year after.

Lets hope they dont hit any roadblocks

Lets hope. But the point is clinical trials are meant to be the time where you hit any blocks. So hopefully all blocks are dealt with :P

[Alf]

The only problem is , we all will need to get HTs from bosley if this comes to fruitation.

Is that a problem?

[yeahyeahyeah]

Is that a problem?

They do shoddy HT, so yes.

[gmonasco]

Why would getting a hair loss treatment from Aderans mean one would also have to get a hair transplant from Bosley?

[yeahyeahyeah]

Why would getting a hair loss treatment from Aderans mean one would also have to get a hair transplant from Bosley?

Its bosley backed, so likely to hit bosleys shelves first.

[gmonasco]

But Aderans' product is a hair multiplication treatment, not a hair transplant.

[yeahyeahyeah]

But Aderans' product is a hair multiplication treatment, not a hair transplant.

After they multiply the hairs. Somebody will need to transplant them.

[gmonasco]

Aderan's treatment involves cultivating cells that are injected into the scalp to elicit new hair growth. There's no transplantation involved.

[yeahyeahyeah]

Aderan's treatment involves cultivating cells that are injected into the scalp to elicit new hair growth. There's no transplantation involved.

No they take a strip of skin with hair follicles, cultivate the follicle in a lab (essentially multiplying the # of follicles) and than transplant it into the scalp.

[hellouser]

Aderan's treatment involves cultivating cells that are injected into the scalp to elicit new hair growth. There's no transplantation involved.

This.

The acquisition of Bosley is a safe bet that will not be for hair transplants but used as locations/facilities to execute their procedure. Of course, I'm sure hair transplants will still be an option for others. I expect the price of hair transplants to drop in price once Aderans DOES get their product out for consumers.

[clarence]

No they take a strip of skin with hair follicles, cultivate the follicle in a lab (essentially multiplying the # of follicles) and than transplant it into the scalp.

Sh#t, I was thinking buzzing my head, at least the sides and the back, when hair multiplication became available. Another one down the drain. Guess there's little hope for those who like to buzz it?

[gmonasco]

No they take a strip of skin with hair follicles, cultivate the follicle in a lab (essentially multiplying the # of follicles) and than transplant it into the scalp.

No, they don't:

http://www.aderansresearch.com/ari_science.html

During this process, often called hair multiplication or hair cloning, a small piece of tissue is removed from the neckline. Cells are cultivated in controlled conditions where they are encouraged to multiply by the addition of proprietary growth media. When enough new cells are formed, they are returned to the scalp, where they are injected and elicit new hair growth and thickness, ultimately producing more hair than the client had before.

Injecting newly-formed cells into the scalp to produce hair growth is not a form of "transplant."

[yeahyeahyeah]

No, they don't:

http://www.aderansresearch.com/ari_science.html

Injecting newly-formed cells into the scalp to produce hair growth is not a form of "transplant."

And this will give you a full set of hair?

[hellouser]

And this will give you a full set of hair?

The answer to that question..... I wish someone had.

[gmonasco]

And this will give you a full set of hair?

Maybe, maybe not. Either way, it won't obligate you to get a hair transplant from Bosley.