Did Intercytex Fail?
For Dr. Farjo please: Are you still working with Intercytex on trials or have you lost confidence in the project? Based on what Dr. Rassman said (he doesn’t see a breakthrough in cloning/multiplication for at least 10 years) whereas intercytex predicted a product in 2010… Do you think it’s worth putting off a hair transplant for about 2 years if not urgent for something to come out of Intercytex? Or did they fail? I am confused about this because you had said the results were good at some stage… please let me know if something changed your mind.
The following response is by UK-based physician Dr. Bessam Farjo:
 Response by:  Dr Bessam Farjo United Kingdom |
Back in 2007 and early 2008, Intercytex genuinely believed that good news was around the corner. This was based on the very promising results of the laboratory work. What happened was that the positive results of clinical trials were not as efficient as the lab ones. In other words although promising and exciting, not quite good enough to justify applying for a therapeutic product for the public. Since then three things have happened. Firstly the credit crunch hit the biotech sector hard in that major investors pulled out. Secondly, an unrelated Intercytex product did not come up with the goods, which meant negatively affecting the company share price. Thirdly, money aside, Intercytex agreed that the future probably lies in their ongoing lab research of making fully formed hairs from the cloned cells before taking them back to the donor. At this point, I dont know when this work will result in a clinical trial.
At the moment you could say I am in between contracts with Intercytex as there no trials taking place. I was never employed as such by Intercytex.
If your donor hair is good enough for now and the future then I would encourage you to go ahead with transplants if you are a suitable candidate. Hair cloning, when it becomes available, is more relevant where donor hair is a problem. Another point depending on your age, you are probably more concerned about your loss now than you will be in 10 years time. The top doctors in the field will be able to advise you of your suitability and potential future hair loss.
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dr.Bessam Farjo is conducting a trial on a product that if successful can destroy the trust busyness who surgeon,like he,has had controlling ever in the past.I don´t trust in you mr.Bessam,I think that you had made this trial wrong because you prefer perform a expensive treatment of hair transplant than an cheap simple injection,shame for hair transplant surgeons worldwide.
Right, Sergio. I just hope you take your tinfoil hat off before you take a shower.