Baldness Cure Could Come From Side-effect Of Cancer Drug

[mr_robot]

Just spotted this.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/08/baldness-cure-could-come-side-effect-cancer-drug/

Actual paper is here:

http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003705

Interestingly however is the compound WAY-316606 can be purchased although looks semi expensive.

 

[That Guy]

Before I even f*****g read this:

Is this just another one of those "It causes hair that's already there to grow so therefore it must work" articles? Or is it one that's actually relevant to hair that has been miniaturized into oblivion?

Smart money is on the former

 

[brohawk]

This was presented at the last hair congress; IIRC it's buried somewhere in this New Research sub too.

 

[mr_robot]

This was presented at the last hair congress; IIRC it's buried somewhere in this New Research sub too.

Sorry my bad you are right, I even comment on it I think. Paper release today though...

 

[Kagaho]

The study is interesting, its a shame the sensationalist title of the newspaper article. As always trying with little seriousness everything related to treatments for baldness

I think we have the WNT angle quite covered: Surrozen, Samumed, Follica, Choi, UPenn and Korean lab, etc.

 

[abcdefg]

The WNT pathway is involved, and its a critical pathway in a bunch of important stuff. Its not going to be easy or fast to somehow safely modify it without causing all kinds of sides. Immune suppressing drugs regrow a lot of hair too. Is it worth that? I dont think so

 

[westonci]

Slides https://imgur.com/a/m62S5

 

[Toby0823]

Is this like the McDonalds fries balding cure?