Making Follicles - hair from the laboratory | Tomorrow Today

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Published 2011-08-15

Scientists in Berlin have used human adult stem cells to develop hair follicles, from which hair then grows naturally. The treatment provides new hope for people suffering from hair loss.Only a few hair follicles would need to be taken from the"patient"and used to generate as much new hair as is needed, which can then be grafted. This breakthrough has also brought the scientists a big step closer to their original research goal, which was to use lab-generated hair follicles on a chip as a substitute for animal experiments in testing creams and cosmetics. Many substances in the creams we use actually enter the body through our hair follicles rather than our skin.

All Comments (21)

@nicholaskennedy6256 3 years ago

It's nearly 10 years later, and it doesn't feel like this research has progressed much.
@krisvq 6 years ago

So.. 2018 now.. where are we with this?
@sasababa1858 5 years ago

2501 AD.. still waiting
@KarthikSoun 12 years ago

Nice to see real Bald guys working on this, if guys with hair worked on it they would have never felt motivated enough.
@abbasdwd9367 7 years ago

Please hurry and make it out for the public pleasee
@Yingrak33 11 years ago

Im 20 and suffered from hairloss for about 2 years...now it is a lot better than before however, my hair is now so thin and I lost my self confidence...it sucks...I can onlt tiny bit of new growth :/ German scientists, you are my only hope. It is hard facing this problem at such a young age...
@sigmamale7512 2 years ago

11 years almost and this treatment is yet not successful.
@ubiased23 2 years ago

That was 9 years ago. Still waiting and I am 40.
@ssshukla26 6 years ago

They are working for themselves...
@CocaCola0801 6 months ago

I will pay all my life's income to do this.
@johanntabone5719 10 years ago

This is many people hope . I wish it will be available soon .
@Alien_From_Another_Universe 3 years ago

I wish they can invent something that can change the shape of your hair follicle a lot of people will love that
@jonaldblip_ 2 years ago

Great! When you open up an office here in America, I'll be interested!
@velmanoharvel9743 3 years ago

Who ever read this let's all pray our yallam vallamai konda iraivan ( all mighty God ) to get this hair cloning mission success with in end of these 2020. And reach all over the person's on earth.Pray with me it surely will happen. Murugane.
@dogan6070 4 years ago

We're going to be waiting for long time.
@mss4822 4 years ago

2019, so where are they?!
@SeverinoSE 10 years ago

I hope this will be commercially-available soon.
@burchmaine2962 8 years ago

Because both the biologists are bald.
@jmigoya1516 12 years ago

it is an amazing video! i wish more people see this video so they learn how to cure hair loss once and for all.
@PaulHartXYZ 10 years ago

Too bad this project by Dr. Roland Fauster in Germany failed. I was hoping it would be successful.