We’Re Using Stem Cells To Reverse Baldness And It’S Actually Working
Researchers have found a new way to grow hair using stem cells, and it’s showing some promise for treating baldness.
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“Embryonic hair follicle induction and formation are regulated by mesenchymal-epithelial interactions between specialized dermal cells and epidermal stem cells that switch to a hair fate. Similarly, during postnatal hair growth, communication between mesenchymal dermal papilla cells and surrounding epithelial matrix cells coordinates hair shaft production.”
To baldly grow: Japan scientists regrow hair at record rate
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“The study used two kinds of cells placed in silicone containers to cultivate "hair follicle germs"—the sources of the tiny organs that grow and sustain hair.”
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“Researchers from UCLA have found a way to successfully reactivate stem cells in dormant hair follicles to promote hair growth in mice. Through this research, they've developed two drugs that could help millions of people worldwide treat conditions that lead to abnormal hair growth and retention.”
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Some very hairy mice are bringing us another step closer to un-LOCKing, a way to regenerate a full head of hair. Did somebody say a pun About 50 % of men and 25 % of women experience at least partial hair loss by the age of 50, whether due To age, medical treatments or disease., Current options for those looking to reverse, this loss include things like medications that may slow hair loss and transplants from hair follicles elsewhere on the body., But neither have the often desired effect of restoring a thick and full volume of hair. Researchers have been optimizing techniques for culturing, “hair, follicle germs” in a dish for years.. There are 2 key types of cells that help hair follicles develop before we’re born -- epithelial cells that help us create skin and mesenchymal cells that help us create a variety of connective tissues. --. So researchers copied this strategy from the embryo into the lab and they got hair follicles to grow, Though these techniques were never high, yield enough to produce the amount of follicles needed to restore a full head of hair -- to its previous luxurious glory -- until now…. Recently, Japanese researchers made improvements to this protocol and then designed a special oxygen-permeable mini-chip to scale up the farming of follicles growing up to ~5000 at once.. The “chip” isn’t like a computer chip, -- it’s, a tiny polymer structure with little wells in it.. They grow the follicles, add a collagen and mesh layer for easy handling and transplant right to the head, where, hopefully it takes hold and grows like normal hair.. They showed that transplanting these follicles onto immunodeficient mice led to lots of new hairs being formed within just 18 days. They could easily transfer cells from their chip to a collagen matrix for uniform transplant with follicles nice and evenly spaced out, which would make for practical harvesting when it comes time to transplant cells grown with these chips onto humans.. While these engineers made big progress in the scale-up and efficiency of growing hair follicles on a chip, their tests WERE all done with immune-deficient mice., But it’s, not always a great idea to suppress a human’s immune system.. It leaves them vulnerable to infections., So each patient would need their own personal source of hair follicles…. Fortunately, hair follicles contain stem cells capable of regenerating new hairs among other cells., Meaning that perhaps in the future, instead of transplanting follicles from another part of the body, scientists can take a few follicles from a patient, expand them in culture. Then, transplant way more back onto your bald spot, So for those waiting eagerly for solutions, they’re coming Keep putting sunscreen on the back of your head.. We have the machinery. Scientists just need a little more time to figure out the cells that’ll grow in them.. Before you go everyone., This is SAM. Sam is going to be on the channel more often from now on, she’s amazing. She studies neurobiology, and I predict -- like hair -- she’s, going to grow on you. That is an excellent/horrible pun. Hi everyone I’m super excited. I will need to up my pun game for sure.. Your puns are great.. You can also find sam on instagram Yep, I’m @ Science.Sam, and I talk about my work in Neuroscience and other science communication topics, all the time. Thanks for watching Did you know that we shared our DNA with neanderthals And they shared it with us too. If you know what we mean. Watch this video to learn, more Did you know theres a special word for something that produces hair. It'S called trichogenic and insects and other arthropods. Have these cells too. Thanks again for watching Seeker?
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Rick Sanchez: 22 and already losing lots of hair, godspeed science brus, god ffin speed
Michael: I'm surprised it took this long to only get this far. With the amount of balding scientist you'd assume we'd have perfect hair growth serum 50 years ago.
Christian O. Holz: I've got MPB/androgenetic alopecia. I certainly would be interested as long as it is safe and effective. I think it's also especially beneficial for women for whom hairless can be very emotionally depressing. Maybe it could also be used for burn victims
Utsab Rocks Tech: Loved it... Welcome SAM to the Channel
Jorge Martinez: Wow! Awesome! I’ve read, heard so much good news from utilizing stem cells from our own body to regenerate any part of the body!!! Good news for patients all across the board
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.: All the guys from my mother's side of the family are bald and I've had my hair really short for over a decade now. I'll probably go without, but it's nice to know I might have another option when it finally happens.
THESocialJusticeWarrior: I am getting tired of these science miracles that never get here :(
Corey Burke: Advice from a fellow balding man..Started losing my hair at 17 now 24 and I've come to realise I got so worked up over it I let the things that were truly important pass me by like spending more time with a friend who is not here anymore. So people please let go of the silly stuff no matter how you look because you shouldn't let the world's perception of beauty define and change your heart and who you are. You are perfect just keep telling yourself that fake it till you make it actually works.
Spirituality1980: In an other video I saw recently, the fear of causing cancer with this process of creating new follicles was mentioned. Could you perhaps make an update video, please? I really would like to see what you think.
mip mip: Great! I lost my hair after doing 100 pushups 100 situps and 100 squats and a 3km run.
DanTuber: The "cure" is always just around the corner.
TheTpanative: This is quite amazing science. I just stopped using rogaine since it’s aged me 10 years. I have plenty of donor hair in the back, so I’m just going to let the top and front fall out and get a transplant in a couple years.
TheWisherable: I have thyroiditis, and went bald by 24. Needless to say my confidence took a nose dive. This would be life saviour for me.
TechCare Bilisim: For years and years they keep saying the full solution is coming as if it is right on the corner but we keep seeing shiny heads all around
Miguel Pinto: Sam is really entertaining and charismatic! I really like this addition to the channel
Jesse Swarbrick: I'm 34 and my hairline is starting to receed a little bit....i still got almost all my hair but it's nice to know that hopefully there will be some thing in the future to stop this from getting worse
Saurian Scapes: We've been to the moon, split the atom, and carry mini touch screen computers in our pockets--where is the hairloss cure??
Prakash Kumar: Born late when baldness has started and born early to have its cure. Perfect coincidence.
Moss: Btw, this is great news for men, we can finally see a future where we can mitigate or even cure baldness aka hairless, including for ladies as well. Science and tech are making things better for humanity.
Kris Sanders: Lost mine at 22. I would do anything to get my hair back at 31
TalesOfGod #: Thanks for the video, it was rather informative and interesting to watch!
Romie: You think they’re hair strands but they’re really mind control fibers
SuperStargazer666: Even if they do finally manage to develop an effective treatment, it will probably be prohibitively expensive.
lloydgush: This is perfect for stem cell research. It's a simple enough beginning, eventually livers and kidneys.
DecimalZero: You guys work great together!!
Feynstein 100: Lol as someone who was completely bald by the age of 19, this hits a little too close to home. But baldness isn't as much a problem as.......you know, dying. Find a cure for aging already, scientists.
dark light: godspeed science men. godspeed.
WestOfEarth: I started losing hair in high school :/ The upside is that I'm not self-conscious about it. However, having never had a full head of hair I sometimes wonder what that would be like.
Jordono da Vinci: The only thing I don’t like about this channel is that every cool thing they talk about is like 10 years out. It can be really upsetting sometimes
Adnan A: They need to hurry up and get this tech developed :)
A B: For a second there, I was freaked out this was going to be some twisted science on how abortions solve baldness. When I think stems cell, I think embryos. Phew... my inner ethics were freaking out.
Dwight: I'm gonna ask the real questions though. Let's say we farm artificial organs and repair teeth, hair, bones, etc. using stem cells. Can we slow down ear and nose growth or, and excepting surgical means, do we turn into a weird Dumbo/Pinocchio crossover eventually?
BingCherry11: I am so looking forward to this. I really would like to have my hair restored to look the way it did when I was 11 years old. At that time, my hair was at its absolute best!!!! I looked like a young Robert Vaughn of the Man From UNCLE television show!!! It looked so cool!!! Whenever, I was near a mirror I would look at it ... and think to myself "I'm Napoleon Solo's "Mini Me"!!!! Lol!!! I also pray to God they make it affordable!!!!
Raffaello Lorenzo: Is this procedure permanent, when will this procedure come out, and is where are the stem cells obtained from?
RodrigoJR Barnachea: I hope seeker has newer methods of introducing information to the viewers. :D No, redundant infocasts and newer scientists to know and modern world scientists to celebratized :)
Gym Squad: How I'm starting to see it, for every door we shut, we open up 2 more. Baldness may be cured in time but only at the expense of discovering multiple new problems. This is madness.
ChR!5t0fUr: Yeah I'm as healthy as can be yet genetics was my downfall. Those who still have partial hair when shortened look into micropigmentation. Just an option you might be interested in if you're not yet aware of.
Captain Obvious: This treatment is estimated to cost nearly $80,000. So yeah.
luciano9009: Now this is more reasonable and sensible, especially with the evidence.
PikaPunch Gamer: I hope they succeed with restoring the hair of humans so nobody has to be bald who doesn't want to be.
Cody w: Stem cell treatment is the way of the future
Jackson M-B: Could this be used to fix damaged hearing?
Pinto: Anytime you speed up the process that is unnatural in the human body you have to expect side effects keep that in mind!
Mesopo Mesopo: if it's genetics then it usually starts from the age of 18. my hair loss was like timed, as soon as i hit 18 Bang. lets see how long this bloody cure is going to take till it's in the market.
Diogo: 19 and already balding so I need this ASAP
Fantasy Team Shorts: Video is 2 years old and I still think that the solution will come after 20 years
Gabriel: Dude I’m only 18 about to be 19 with a big forehead and thin hair at my hairline . And right in the hairline at the middle there’s a tinnyyy bald spot . I’m getting nervous and I don’t deserve this , I’m a good person and love charity and animals . Please hurry :-/
Player Haterr: I will continue to keep trying from not losing my hair ! Even if it cost me my wife house kids and chihuahua! I will not be labeled the bald guy! Ps. Thank God for hats
twylight: I'm not balding but I hope something reliable will appear in the near future.
wombatdk: I seriously doubt ANYONE alive right now will ever see anyone offering this treatment.
Ethan Evans: I’m not even bald but I feel like I need this
Martin Hübinette: As a 20 year old dude who already has a bald spot this is comforting news... Sign me up.
Jonathan Orosco: I was glad you introduced Sam, I was wondering who this new person was!
Jean Micheal Vincent: I'd like to know when it would be commercially available and how much it would cost.
Chad Garnham: Trace you’re a champ I’ve been waiting for this vid
Carlos Andres Garcia: Well in ten years I will have this procedure...
Shawn Ravenfire: Please let this work!
Taresh Patel: Mute point since we have hair transplants now. The source being follicles of hair from sections of the head that aren’t shedding. The technique has become highly refined over the years. The true issue is the cost.
Dyslexic Artist Theory on the Physics of 'Time': This sounds good for me! This is an invitation to see a theory on the physics of 'time' as a physical process with an emergent uncertain future!
Manikiahn777: Next will be a pill form or nano bot form to treat specific areas in the body with these stem cells
Thatssojohn: Woohoo a new Seeker! Welcome Saaaam!! I hope scientist can perfect this technique in like 10years #SaveLebron
Kitty-Cat: Oh man. My parents are the opposite of that. My father had really GOOD hair. None in his family have been truly bald or get a lot of grey hair once they are in their middle ages. My mother? Ahhhhhhh. She is quickly losing hair and does have a lot of grey hair. Btw. Both are the same age.
BIDÓ: @Seeker What are probiotics, do the bottled ones in stores actually work?
DeDraconis: Don't forget the lesson we learned from The Fairly Oddparents. If they cure balding, they'll stop working, and we'll have no new science.
Vicious Zero: Sam touches the funny part of my brain.
Adam A. Schitt: Hi Sam. Looking forward to your presentations.
Spirituality1980: I went for an evaluation and was told I don’t qualify for the procedure because probably my follicles are gone. So is this video saying that new follicles could be created in culture by making copies from a few extracted follicles?
D: How about a method to get rid of hair in unwanted places using stemcells?
Thunderfang777: I need to show my dad this video.
RomeosChannel2105: God I miss my hair :(
chris ruiz: how did they fail to include genetics, the most common reason for hair lost!??!
Nomo 4u: So you’re telling me soon I’ll be able to have a perfect hairline oh man!!
John Di Francisco: Hi Sam! Hope this works out well for you. I like you already.
Fun-With-Nickline: 'This is great thank's for the discovery of it, Blesses more power to sciences!
MrCarl: This will probably take another 50 years to actually work.
Fredgerd: Yay, new science geek on channel!
Da Hai Zhu: Great use of Stem cells. Reminds me of the movie Idiocracy
It's Sunny: I will donate my head to testing lol
Fakuri: I love science
Perun: the main poblem is that those cells might become malignent/cancerious!
TheGamingAffiliate: its gonna be funny seeing all these grandpas in their 60's and 70's with full colored hair because of this when it comes out in a few years haha. I'll be one of them for sure
Slartibartfast: No thank you! I am quite happy being bald. In fact I shave my head weekly.
Biko: That’s some real life hacks!
TwistedOracle: Forget this, unfortunately the only most effective treatment after a hair transplant is propecia, but is like gambling basically. Monoxidil can help as well
Sebastian Elytron: Anyone in need of a job? Apply to Seeker, they'll hire you as a host. Seriously what's with all the new hosts??
Trav Harmon: There's hope for my hairline!
Duvel: God bless scientists
LU SLZR: Love science
Tony First: I would definitely be paying for that
Emma Tschapek: Amazing this is being made such a big deal, while other uses are not. Ever seen the movie "Idiocracy"?
jamil1985: HOW LONG!!!??? That little bit of time is like YEARS! I think other pharmaceuticals like minoxidil and finesteride are indirectly hating and slowing this down.
Grey Scott: YESSSS BRUH there's hope
TELEVISIBLE: I sell my kidney for my hair !
Sir Suspicious: Cool, I'm not bald but I'm already set to be in 20 years, right on time
Eric Garman: Lol this channel rocks. Every morning I get a delicious slice of fun science.
Heather Stickland: The way I would do this is use crispr do you rid of all my hair and then implant these here chips which can be cultivated from anyone and anything if done correctly implant them in places I actually want to hear such as on the top of my head eyebrows and eyelashes that would be so cool not to mention I can give the middle finger to laser hair removal because that s*** don't work
Sameer Rizvi: Well this is coming to market within next 5 years.. another hope
Christophergreene Greene: When will this be available to the public?
Dave Saenz: How much more time? They been saying this since 1990
sol: I'm willing to be a test subject.