AntiCancer Inc. Announces Extensive Hair Growth From the Spinal Cord of Mice Transpla

[Renee]

AntiCancer Inc. has announced the extensive growth of hair from the spinal cord of mice that were transplanted with hair follicles which contain pluripotent stem cells, in order to repair spinal injury. AntiCancer Inc. has previously discovered that hair follicles pluripotent contain stem cells that can differentiate into nerve and other types of cells, that can be used for regenerative medicine. AntiCancer Inc. has reported the extensive hair growth in the spinal cord in the latest issue of PLOS ONE (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...l.pone.0133475).

“It was a surprise to see long hairs growing from the spinal cord of mice that were repaired with hair follicle stem cells for spinal cord injury,” said Charlene Cooper, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of AntiCancer Inc. “This phenomenon indicates that there may be factors in the spine that strongly promote hair growth that could be useful for promoting hair growth from the scalp for people with hair loss. The pluripotent stem cells from the hair follicle have many important advantages over other types of stem cells such as ES and iPS in that they are highly accessible, they do not produce tumors and do not have ethical issues,” said Ms. Cooper.


I know it's on mice again but can someone explain what is
pluripotent stem cells from the hair follicle? It says in the article these cells are highly accessible, they do not produce tumors and do not have ethical issues.

[failly]

I know it's on mice again but can someone explain what is
pluripotent stem cells from the hair follicle? It says in the article these cells are highly accessible, they do not produce tumors and do not have ethical issues.

Pluripotent stem cells give rise to the majority of cell types in the human body. These include muscle, blood, heart and nerve cells. Another potential use for pluripotent stem cells involves the generation of cells and tissues for use in transplantation.

Pluripotent stem cells can evolve into specialised cells that ultimately can replace diseased cells and tissues.

[lacazette]

Wowww Renee it could be huge

" In the present study, isolated whisker follicles from nestin-driven green fluorescent protein (ND-GFP) mice were histocultured on Gelfoam for 3 weeks for the purpose of transplantation to the spinal cord to heal an induced injury. The hair shaft was cut off from Gelfoam-histocultured whisker follicles, and the remaining part of the whisker follicles containing GFP-nestin expressing pluripotent stem cells were transplanted


"Unexpectedly, the transplanted whisker follicles sprouted out remarkably long hair shafts in the spinal cord during the 90 days after transplantation of Gelfoam whisker histocultures to the injured spine. The pigmented hair fibers, grown from the transplanted whisker histocultures, curved and enclosed the spinal cord. The unanticipated results demonstrate the great potential of hair growth after transplantation of Gelfoam hair follicle histocultures, even at an ectopic site."

Damn it's a simple procedure and it can grow hair everywhere!! It's the kind of stem cell therapies, that could already take place in Usa, canada,etc stemcells clinics , like for many various diseases . We can test this protocol in human right now!! Could it be the unexpected cure? I really hope we deserve it hehe

[fred970]

Mice.

[lacazette]

Pluripotent stem cells give rise to the majority of cell types in the human body. These include muscle, blood, heart and nerve cells. Another potential use for pluripotent stem cells involves the generation of cells and tissues for use in transplantation.

Pluripotent stem cells can evolve into specialised cells that ultimately can replace diseased cells and tissues.

What is great, it's that in this case it's pluripotent stem cells from our HF stemcells. And not pluripotent stem cells that are induced by man-hand( iPSC).
So it can be test rigth now ( as an aderans procedure for exemple)

[hellouser]

What is great, it's that in this case it's pluripotent stem cells from our HF stemcells. And not pluripotent stem cells that are induced by man-hand( iPSC).
So it can be test rigth now ( as an aderans procedure for exemple)

Great, allow me to volunteer and get the ball rolling RIGHT NOW instead of waiting 15 years of laziness.

[FooFighter]

Another fantastic news for my mice.

[allTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

Certainly not bad news even if it is just mice...

[lacazette]

Gelfoam, which is derived from gelatinized pig skin, provides a 3-dimensional physiological scaffold for the hair follicle to attach and grow, both in vitro and in the injured spinal cord, which may provide nutritional factors for long-term hair shaft growth [5, 6, 8, 9]. Gelfoam appears to preserve the integral hair follicle both in vitro and in vivo. The unanticipated results demonstrate the great potential of hair shaft growth after Gelfoam histoculture and transplantation of the hair follicle in vivo, even at an ectopic site. The length of the hair shaft observed in mouse 3 of almost 14 mm suggests that the ectopic site of the spine can strongly stimulate hair growth.

[hardav11]

So who wants a hairy back