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    Default Questions for Desmond at Hair Congress 2014

    Title says it all! Let's organize some questions for Desmond to ask the top guys.

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    Let's organize the questions based on the researcher. I'll start off with a couple questions, see if you guys agree:

    Dr. Roland Lauster/Beren Ataç
    1. If the bioreactor creates exact duplicates of follicles that function as normal follicles, is it necessary to have them go through clinical trials for implanting considering hair transplants achieve this and have been approved as a method for commercial use.


    Dr. Cotsarelis/Follica
    1. Does the wounding method damage the scalp and dermis to the point of jeopardizing existing follicles that produce terminal hairs?

    I have another question for Dr. Cotsarelis, one which I'm sure is the same one many of you already have, but I'll discuss that later.

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    1. Dr. Roland Lauster/Beren Ataç:

    It's my understanding that the bioreactor is intended to create follicles for studying but if the bioreactor can make follicles why not just use the bioreactor to create new follicles and then implant those follicles into balding person's scalps?

    2. To all researchers that are working on cell based therapies that Desmond talks to:

    Yale scientists say that fat cells under follicles signal follicles to grow hairs. Some doctors are injecting fat cells from the stomach into the scalp to try to get those fat cells to send signals to follicles to regrow hair. But the fat cells in the stomach are not actively giving off signals to the follicles to grow long thick hairs. Wouldn't it make more sense to take plugs from the patient's hair donor region where the hair is growing strong, culture the underlying fat cells, and re-inject the cultured fat cells into balding areas of the same person's scalp along with the appropriate hair cells, after culturing them as well? It is, after all, the follicles under the scalp hairs that are giving signals to the scalp follicles to grow long thick hairs.

    3. To Cotseralis: Are you still working on a wounding-based therapy to treat hair loss?

    4. (If Cotseralis says he's still working on a wounding based therapy to treat hair loss) To Cotseralis: How far along is your wounding based therapy to treat hair loss?

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    1. To Aaron Gardner (after his presentation this question should be asked of Mr. Gardner ONLY if his presentation does not indicate full preservation of hair inductivity to hair cells undergoing numerous pass culture) :

    Do you have any ideas how to further increase hair inductivity despite numerous culture passes?


    2. To ARP Sari (After his presentation this question should be asked of ARP Sari ONLY if his presentation does not include full preservation of hair inductivity to hair cells undergoing numerous pass culture):

    Do you have any ideas how to further increase hair inductivity despite numerous culture passes?

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    Great questions. How about realistic time frame though? Especially Follica, but others as well.

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    And also a basic summary of whatever presentations you see, Desmond, would be totally awesome as well. Thanks again for doing this by the way.

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    Default For Cotsarelis

    10 years ago, you said a cure was 5 years away. How do we believe you anymore?

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    When will male pattern baldness be cured?


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    How can hair loss sufferers help to accelerate the process? Where do we have to sign - what's the bank account?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hairy View Post
    10 years ago, you said a cure was 5 years away. How do we believe you anymore?
    "Question from a 5-year-old to Dr. Cotsarelis"

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    Quote Originally Posted by hairy View Post
    10 years ago, you said a cure was 5 years away. How do we believe you anymore?
    I hope Desmond will be considerate enough to know that any questions indicating the mentality of a 16 year old will only chase away the answers we are looking for

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