Stem cell isolation and growing them in vivo and transplant the same in cases of alopecia. Is it a viable solution

Alopecia areata is an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss that ranges from small circular areas on the scalp to extensive or even total baldness. When extensive, it can be a socially debilitating disease, and it can be particularly difficult when those suffering are children.

When alopecia areata is localized, i.e. there are a limited number of bald patches, the condition often responds well to cortisone injected directly direct into the scalp. When the condition is more extensive, current treatments do not have a high rate of success. A new study, using hair cloning therapy to regrow hair, shows promise for all individuals suffering from the disease.

The study — conducted by Marwa Fawzi, a dermatologist at the University of Cairo Faculty of Medicine, and reported on Bloomberg.com — used stem cells from the scalps of eight children with alopecia areata to regenerate their own hair:

The Cairo researcher took small amounts of skin from the scalps of the children, isolated the hair follicle stem cells that stimulate hair production, and grew them in the lab, increasing the number of cells. After one month, she put the cells back into the scalps of the children, with numerous injections across the bald areas of their heads.1

To read more on how various cloning processes work, view the Hair Cloning Methods page.

this is what i had seen in the net .is this possible

platelet rich plasma therapy has been proving to be effective in AGA.The fight against ageing: Stem cells offer new options

January-February 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 , Pages 62-67

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Stem cells have become one of the most talked about topics in the fields of regenerative medicine and aesthetic surgery. Peter Charlish discusses the rationale for using stem cells, and looks at some of the techniques being used

One of the consequences of ageing is a progressive loss of the ability to repair damaged tissue. Injuries heal more slowly in the elderly than in children, for example, and certain organs, such as the skin and the lungs, gradually lose their elasticity. At the same time, our susceptibility to cancer and infectious disease increases significantly with age.

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respected mam, in my interest to know more about the theoritical part of hair transplantation i have found some usefull information which as you say is very much premature but may be possible.

Follicular Cell Implantation: An Emerging Cell Therapy for Hair Loss

Jeffrey Teumer1, Jerry Cooley2

1 Intercytex Ltd., Woburn, Massachusetts

2 Carolina Dermatology Hair Center, Charlotte, NC

ABSTRACT

The cells of the adult follicular dermal papilla retain a powerful hair-inductive capacity acquired during embryonic hair morphogenesis. This inductive capacity is the basis of a cell therapy called follicular cell implantation in which dermal papilla cells from a small number of donor follicles are expanded in culture and then implanted into a bald region of scalp. In this manner, many new follicles can be formed from the cells of a few.

KEYWORDS

Hair - regenerative medicine - hair cloning - dermal papilla - cell therapy

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Umbilical cord stem cell have been shown to be capable of treating androgenetic alopecia.