Scientist Finds Possible Cure for Baldness through Genetic Repair.

[Pavi]

http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/05/19/4202s928196.htm

 

[hellouser]

How many years will the FDA choke the hell out of a potential commercial release of this?

 

[keep]

Many... for sure. Let's hope until then we see some "partial" cure with no sides (why not this year, or the very next - such as Dr. Brotzu's lotion).

 

[Swoop]

Pretty interesting that he says that the technology can help bald men to regain their hair instead of mentioning a other pathology. After all it seems to be a gene editing technology that might be better than CRISPR. He could have mentioned something else.

China has pretty much the least percentage of balding people in Asia from what I have read once. I have also read that this is increasing though and more Chinese men are thinning these years than a few years before. This has apparently been covered extensively in the media over there. Must be getting a big thing over there, which is only good for us baldites.

 

[Dench57]

Interesting. Gene editing surely holds a lot of promise for us. I wonder how strict the regulations are in China?

Pretty interesting that he says that the technology can help bald men to regain their hair instead of mentioning a other pathology. After all it seems to be a gene editing technology that might be better than CRISPR. He could have mentioned something else.

China has pretty much the least percentage of balding people in Asia from what I have read once. I have also read that this is increasing though and more Chinese men are thinning these years than a few years before. This has apparently been covered extensively in the media over there. Must be getting a big thing over there, which is only good for us baldites.

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[Pray The Bald Away]

I thought gene editing was strictly preventative when it comes do baldness.

 

[Pavi]

I thought gene editing was strictly preventative when it comes do baldness.

Possibly... But it could be like propecia in the sense that without DHT (in this case without DHT sensitive follicles) hair will be given a chance to return to normal cycling. Would also mean you can get a hair transplant without worrying about losing more hair

 

[Pray The Bald Away]

Possibly... But it could be like propecia in the sense that without DHT (in this case without DHT sensitive follicles) hair will be given a chance to return to normal cycling. Would also mean you can get a hair transplant without worrying about losing more hair

By the time this comes out all of our hair will be gone. This is at least a decade away.

 

[KG21]

Even if it didn't work on explicitly repairing and regrowing that individuals hair, wouldn't it be able to get rid of the genes that cause baldness, so your children would have the edited genes?

 

[Pavi]

By the time this comes out all of our hair will be gone. This is at least a decade away.

Well I mean, this product prolly is for the next generation of hair loss sufferes. However, we could get some big regrowth treatments from now and then which would make this applicable to us.

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Even if it didn't work on explicitly repairing and regrowing that individuals hair, wouldn't it be able to get rid of the genes that cause baldness, so your children would have the edited genes?

Theoretically if you can edit genes then yes, offspring would have similar genes. However, children don't get all their genes from their father ( obviously) so an offspring could be born with DHT sensitive follicles. Especially since the X chromosome codes for the AR receptor. As we all know males only carry one X, so the child would probably have to get a karyotype of their genome and see if they have the "balding gene" or just see if they begin male pattern baldness

 

[myhairbegone]

This will not happen anytime soon.

 

[slam1523]

This will not happen anytime soon.

Oh ok

 

[irishlad87]

Oh ok

well he is right i wouldn't be holding out hope for this for another 10years if ever and plus it seems like a preventative measure whereas i presume most people on this site are already losing hair.

 

[Thespain]

well he is right i wouldn't be holding out hope for this for another 10years if ever and plus it seems like a preventative measure whereas i presume most people on this site are already losing hair.

Even if it comes 10 years down the road and is preventative only it's still better then nothing and would certainly pair well with other possible treatments that may or may not come out.

If it works though, screw the FDA, I'm flying to China.

 

[Giiizmo]

Theoretically if you can edit genes then yes, offspring would have similar genes. However, children don't get all their genes from their father ( obviously) so an offspring could be born with DHT sensitive follicles. Especially since the X chromosome codes for the AR receptor. As we all know males only carry one X, so the child would probably have to get a karyotype of their genome and see if they have the "balding gene" or just see if they begin male pattern baldness

I'm pretty sure the gene editing would only affect the somatic line and not the germ (germinal) line. Those two cell types are separated very early during embryogenesis, undergo completely different cell multiplication mechanisms during an individual's lifetime (mitosis vs. meiosis) and are pretty much segregated in different parts of the body (whole body vs. germ stem cells in the gonads).

Regardless, judging by the glacial pace of medical research, this technology is pretty much irrelevant to us, so just consider my explanation as pointless nitpicking. =p

 

[distracted]

He even said himself that this science is futuristic. Good news but I doubt we will benefit from this :/

 

[slam1523]

well he is right i wouldn't be holding out hope for this for another 10years if ever and plus it seems like a preventative measure whereas i presume most people on this site are already losing hair.

The point is like you he is among the handful to already state the obvious...

 

[Swoop]

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[Pray The Bald Away]

The article doesn't mention anything about the method fixing hairloss with any specifics so besides it being a better method than the CRISPR method it still is not clear how it fixes baldness. Basically, they still have to find out which genes to edit and then apply those edits - i mean that is the whole hurdle (though a new method for gene editing that doesn't cause cancer is welcome for a variety of reasons).

Also, as a side note, i don't understand why people are claiming the gene editing method would be preventative and not permanent; if there is a cure that is absolute, 100% effective and permanent, it is gene editing. The process is you fix the genes, insert them into blood stem cells, culture them in the lab, and then flood the body with them. I posted this before but here it is again: https://youtu.be/2pp17E4E-O8
Basically this would be supposedly a better/safer way to do the same thing.

It's preventative in the sense that it won't regrow hair on a slick bald head. You have to act before you lose all your hair.

 

[DDobler]

Gene editing? You will all be 70 years old by the time it will be legal/approved/safe/successful. No reason to even talk about it.