Cell therapy?

[shinytop]

Does anyone know what ever happened to the idea of cloning a hair follicle from the donor area and transplanting it? As with most "breakthrough"s in medical science I read about, it seems to have disappeared into the ether!

 

Companies delivering promising clinic trials are often bought out by someone else, then it all goes quiet. I do wonder if something like cell therapy won't ever happen because there is not as much money to be made as treating symptoms i.e. a patient continues to spend money for the rest of their life. They probably made a cure for the common cold decades ago, but think what impact that would have on the economy. Its the same reason why we are still using the archaic internal combustion engine.

 

Sorry, I went off on a conspiracy rant there LOL. But you get the idea