Recent content by Ouroboros

Yeah; have any specific questions?

While it is true that results in mice often do not translate to results in humans, your statement about genetic makeup is entirely false. Look up the percentage of genetic similarity between humans and even the most seemingly distant animals from us, and I bet you'll be surprised.

The best way to support a future "cure" for hair loss is to become involved in the growing industry of tissue engineering and rejuvenation medicine (a subset of biomedical engineering), whether by donating to organizations that do this sort of work, or getting involved directly through research...

I would be exceedingly wary of any "cures" based on stem cells right now, even if they are coming from overseas. The top scientists in this area basically say that these kind of treatments won't be available for about 10 years, and anyone saying otherwise is a scam. Furthermore, these kind of...

True; and they also wouldn't be able to talk about the results so openly on a forum, as they would have signed an NDA. You can't let your pessimism nullify critical reasoning skills ;)

I understand epigenetics well enough; but telmorase activation is something that's fairly fixed, and when it's not, it's because a mutation has caused the lengthening mechanic to go out of control, facilitating cancer.

This doesn't make sense to me genetically...how could diet and exercise lengthen the telomeres. I've only taken a few genetics classes so maybe my knowledge is lacking, but from what I do know this sounds like a sham; can anyone more versed in genetics weigh in?

Lets not get ahead of ourselves; but that would sure be nice ;)

Some of your information about cancer is a little bit wonky; but their is indeed a new wave of research like you are talking about: check out www.sens.org for example

Re: Looks promising!!! What do u guys think of this? Yes the original one will regrow, but they are also "planting" the one that was plucked out elsewhere, which successfully grows as well (I think ;) )

Yes, incentive programs could make a difference. Above and beyond this though, I think we shouldn't be putting the cart before the horse. Curing disease and allowing people to live their life how, and how long, they choose to is a noble aspiration in my book. Furthermore I think regenerative...

I think humanity has a knack for adapting when it needs; I'm sure many couples would choose to have one or two children and live youthfully forever rather than three or four children and have their quality of life continue to decline until Alzheimer's claims their identities completely.

Dietary modifications and even calorie restriction only add a very modest amount to your life expectancy, a few years in the best case. If you are serious about extension of the healthy human life span I recommend you find ways to contribute to research efforts such as www.sens.org

Or perhaps they are using multiple test groups, some with rogaine, some without etc; to see if combination is more effective.

Re: A picture timeline of my hair loss 2006-2010 (pics) Interesting; thanks for sharing. For the record your head has a good shape for buzz cuts.