Are There Any Concrete Reasons To Be Excited About The Hair Congress?

[hanginginthewire]

Besides the fact that another one is being held? Like, are there specific announcements we are anticipating? If so, what are they?

 

[That Guy]

As I recall, some popular researchers like Claire Higgins are attending and some companies like Shiseido are presenting.

but I still say that people are expecting way too much from it.

 

[Sanchez1234]

When is it?

 

[hanginginthewire]

Starts on Halloween. Trick or treat.

 

[Noisette]

Some great scientists / researchers over there.

1. Cotsarelis (Follica)
2. Ko-ei Toyoshima (a researcher at RIKEN, Tsuji)
3. Claire Higgins
4. Ryoji Tsuboi who is in charge of the Shiseido's trial ! : http://rctportal.niph.go.jp/en/detail?trial_id=UMIN000023343
5. Luis Garza (he worked with Cotsarelis). He is a pioneer in Hair research.
6. Taisho Pharmaceutical for this product ? Phase 2 of TS-133 : www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/phase-2a-study-of-ts-133-new-drug-from-japan.105032/
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[Noisette]

Really intrested in what this guy has to say.

4. Ryoji Tsuboi who is in charge of the Shiseido's trial ! : http://rctportal.niph.go.jp/en/detail?trial_id=UMIN000023343

Me too
Because as you can see on this registration trial (26 july 2016) , the primary outcome is expected for August 2017
" 12 months after injection"... So the next month : August 2017.

And we can ask to Koh-ei Toyoshima (Organ technologies, RIKEN) if they have succeeded in doing cultivate epithelial stem cells. This interview was made in september 2016, so one year after
We will Cross fingers.

"On the other hand, as for the technology to cultivate epithelial stem cells of follicles, it still remains a significant challenge globally" : www.hairlosstalk.com/news/new-research/hair-primordiums-tsuji-organ-interview-sept2016/