Stimulating Human Cells to Reproduce

Is this press release true?

“Headquartered at St John’s Innovation Centre in Cambridge, Intercytex has developed a way of stimulating human cells to reproduce, not only to re-start hairgrowth, but also to accelerate wound-healing and replace skingrafts with specially grown skin replacement. ”

“The baldness treatment involves taking a small biopsy or sample hair follicles during a half-hour operation under local anaesthetic at a hair or skin clinic. The sample is then sent to Intercytex’ manufacturing plant in Manchester where the hairproducing cells are extracted and nurtured for three weeks before being returned to the clinic to be injected into the patient’s scalp. ”

“The company says a new head of hair should be evident after three months. Early trials have proved successful, with further ones planned for next year in the UK and US. “

I believe this is old news. The challenge is not to grow a hair or two from a mixture of hundreds, but to grow a large percentage of hair reliably and safely. I heard about this group last year, but was not impressed. At the ISHRS Scientific Meeting this month in Sydney, Australia, I will inquire further about progress demanding to see real data, not hype, and I promise to post a blog entry about it at the end of the month when I return.