ABC News Says Balding Cure is a Decade Away?

Snippet from the article:

Stem cells produce progenitor cells, or so-called workhouse cells.

“If we figure out a way to wake up those stem cells, get them to make hair for progenitor cells, that would go a long way toward developing a treatment,” Dr Cotsarelis told ABC News.

Researchers predict they’ll be able to do that within a decade. But until then, millions of customers will be left waiting, and spending.

Read the full story at ABC — Baldness Breakthrough: Scientists to Find a Cure to Male Balding in 10 Years?

The article itself just rehashes what was written about the recent stem cell announcement, except with this additional sentence — “Researchers predict they’ll be able to do that within a decade.” Which researchers? When was this prediction made? What was the basis for the prediction? Seems like more lazy reporting.

To me, the interesting part was about the stem cells, yet the headline was about a single sentence that had no further information attached to it; an obvious attempt to be sensational and attract eyeballs. While I hope the cure will be here within 10 years, I see this type of proclamation every few months as the timeline moves again and again.