US government owned patent on hair follicle neogensis

[Arieux]

That's very impressive, I have never heard about this project and I didn't find any news about it on other hair loss sites. Are there any plans to continue this research and make it available in near future?

[FooFighter]

Why someone from USA don’t call them and ask? Don’t be shy guys...

[lacazette]

Really near future for US soldiers with burned, wounded face and scalp. So we will see soon if they really growing new functional hair as they are claiming in their patent.

Army research are in several FDA clinical trials regarding skin regenerative medecine. And the patent mentions a lot that their invention will be useful for hair loss.
First for their burned soldiers, but with 21st century cure bill and the fact that this is an invention for life-threatening thing. The trials could take less time.
And if accepted by the fda for the injuried soldiers, that would mean the major FDA issues would be solved so when it'll come to civil use, it will be really faster for fda approval than a novel drug/therapy coming from nowhere from a private company

When I read those quotes from US army research, I think we can have hope:
"Expanding the technology to a greater number of potential patients will also help to ensure its long-term viability, Romanko said. “This has very widespread use, not only to the military audience, but also to the civilian population. We need a larger commercialization audience in order to be a self-sustaining technology,”

"In addition to surgical burn treatment and rehabilitation, the center is participating in several clinical trials to advance skin treatments.
“We’re currently a part of two major regenerative multi-center trials,” King said. “And they are sponsored in part by the Department of Defense. (Another) group is also (involved), they’re called AFRIM, Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine — that’s a partnership between the Department of Defense and civilian entities.”

"The AFIRM is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary network of universities, military laboratories and investigators under the framework of a cooperative agreement, Romanko said. The network is designed to promote integration of development, from basic science research through translational and clinical research, as the best means of bringing regenerative médicine therapies to practice.

""About 30 universities, hospitals and additional partners, led by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, make up the consortium of AFIRM researchers. Romanko works with the TIRM PMO, which supports AFIRM and other regenerative medicine programs. AFIRM receives funding from the U.S. Army, the Offce of Naval Research, Air Force Surgeon General’s Offce, Veterans Health Administration, National Institutes of Health and the Offce of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. AFIRM investigators also bring in funding from other federal, state and private sources."

[JayM]

Not to mention the new bill being passed. Has it been decided yet? Because these treatments certainly come under life saving

[Trouse5858]

So if they're going to be bio engineering the follicles does that mean that maybe they'll be able to actively select the types of characteristics (diameter/ thickness, curviness, pigment, etc.) that make up the hair itself? That would be ridiculously awesome..

[baldybald]

This is very interesting!

[Slam1523]

Not to mention the new bill being passed. Has it been decided yet? Because these treatments certainly come under life saving

If you google the bill it says that funding may hold it up, so there's no guarantee that it's going through...

[Renee]

The military does it's own separate clnical trials here is one site: http://www.clinicaltrials.army.mil

[JayM]

If you google the bill it says that funding may hold it up, so there's no guarantee that it's going through...

Today it's just got a majority vote and thus will heading to the presidents table and I think it's heavily supported. Not that I know much about American politics.

[It's2014ComeOnAlready]

Today it's just got a majority vote and thus will heading to the presidents table and I think it's heavily supported. Not that I know much about American politics.

It passed the house with 82% of votes (344/421), now it's on to the Senate. After it's passed in the Senate, it goes to the President's desk to be signed into law.

The importance here is that it has A LOT of support from both sides. Given the political climate we've seen recently, it sends a powerful statement with this much support.