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This summer's action film, "The Amazing Spider-Man™," is another match-up between the superhero and his nemesis the Lizard. Moviegoers and comic book fans alike will recall that the villain, AKA Dr. Curt Connors, was a surgeon who, after losing an arm, experimented with cell generation and reptilian DNA and was eventually able to grow back his missing limb. The latest issue of the journal Physiology contains a review article that looks at possible routes that unlock cellular regeneration in...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When the impact of skin diseases on the lives of those it affects usually is considered a "cosmetic problem."  The most common autoimmune disease known as alopecia areata is an example of the lack of attention on skin diseases.  The pathobiology of the disease and available therapies are disappointing, according to a recent study. In the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists offer a review of the clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and management of alopecia...

This presents a substantial advance in the development of next-generation of "organ replacement regenerative therapies".Tokyo, Apr 18, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs damaged by disease, injury or ageing in the foreseeable future. A research group led by Professor Takashi Tsuji (Professor in the Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, and Director of...

Shaft Medical San Diego now offers NeoGraft Hair Restoration to permanently conceal scars on the scalp caused by previous strip method hair transplants. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 09, 2012 Shaft Medical San Diego, the area's premium aesthetic medicine practice providing the full range of advanced cosmetic procedures, announces the availability of the NeoGraft Hair Restoration California procedure for scar repair. For balding or thinning hair there is now an effective solution. No painful...

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified an abnormal amount a protein called Prostaglandin D2 in the bald scalp of men with male pattern baldness, a discovery that may lead directly to new treatments for the most common cause of hair loss in men. In both human and animal models, researchers found that a prostaglandin known as PGD2 and its derivative, 15-dPGJ2, inhibit hair growth. The PGD2-related inhibition occurred through a receptor...

SHAFT™ SAN DIEGO now offers NeoGraft™ Scar Free Hair Transplantation to permanently treat hair loss. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) December 29, 2011 SHAFT™ SAN DIEGO, San Diego’s premium aesthetic medicine practice providing the full range of advanced cosmetic procedures, announces the availability of the NeoGraft™ Scar Free Hair Transplantation procedure. No scars. No painful recovery. No long downtime. NeoGraft™ offers a revolution in hair restoration. Over 50 million men and about...

Research presented at ASCB annual meeting Your hair -- or lack of hair -- is the result of a lifelong tug-of-war between activators that wake up, and inhibitors that calm, stem cells in every hair follicle on your body, according to Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Southern California (USC). Chuong presented the findings on Dec. 7, at the American Society for Cell Biology 2011 Annual Meeting in Denver. Building on research reported last April in Science, Chuong...

  Researchers from Yale University may have found a genetically natural cure for baldness - stem cells that tell a person's hair when it's time to grow. According to the scientists, these stem cells are the source of the signals that trigger hair growth and are found within the fatty layer of the skin. They report that they were able to use these cells as a catalyst to grow hair in mice--a discovery that could eventually lead to new treatment for those who have lost or are losing...

Northwest Hair Restoration Surgeon, Dr. Robert Niedbalski is looking for participants for the first ever study on eyebrow restoration using ACell Matristemin the Seattle "“ Tacoma, WA area. ACell has been shown effective in hair follicle cloning in the scalp but never in eyebrow hair restoration. Tacoma, WA (PRWEB) August 02, 2011 Robert Niedbalski, D.O., renowned hair transplant surgeon and medical director at Northwest Hair Restoration in Tacoma, WA, is the only doctor in the...

DALLAS, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of Americans battle some form of hair loss, spending upwards of $3.5 million annually on treatment solutions that oftentimes are ineffective. Though hair loss is commonly due to genetics, it can also stem from unhealthy or aged scalp conditions. Research recently conducted by Rhonda Allison, founder and CEO of Rhonda Allison Cosmeceuticals, found many of the cosmeceutical ingredients used to maintain skin health, produce the same rejuvenating...