CALIFORNIA: American startup De Novo has developed a state-of-the-art "direct reprogramming technology" that grows real hair from fur, blood and fat cells, and will soon begin treating baldness.
This technique involves taking a person's skin, blood or fat cells and reprogramming them with certain substances (proprietary reprogramming factors) and converting them into hair-growing cells..
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The stem cells are then transplanted "like seeds" into the skull of the person from whom the skin, blood or fat cells were obtained.
De Novo claims that in one to three months, the hair on the scalp will begin to grow and thus baldness will gradually disappear.
In a press release, De Novo states that its technology has reached a significant milestone, with new hair growing successfully on the body of a bald mouse in just three weeks and growing for the next seven months. Stay
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This breed of bald mice was genetically engineered.
Although new natural hair growth technologies already exist, they are all so complex that it takes a long time to 'reprogram' the cells and convert them into hair-growing stem cells, with multiple failures. Also have to
De Novo says their technology transforms skin, blood or fat cells into new hair-growing cells. This method is very fast, the secret of which is hidden in their own 'proprietary regeneration factors'.
What are these 'factors' and how do they work? De Novo has been completely silent on the matter, but has stated that it has applied for a patent for these unique materials.
Despite all its alleged advantages, this new generic hair-growing technology will require approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which approves drug and treatment modalities, which will take some time. Can
De Novo has also secured بنیادی 2.7 million in basic funding from Wii Combinator, Felice Ventures and other organizations to expedite the work.
However, it remains to be seen whether direct reprogramming technology will be as successful in removing baldness from humans as it has been in mice.
