Robot To Treat Baldness
The British government is helping to fund a new startup company with $3.5 million USD. The companies stated goal is to develop a robotic system to treat baldness .
The company is in Phase II testing, where they will try their technology on a larger pool of test patients. The systems has been tested on a few volunteers with apparent success.
The article isn't clear whether the robot is physically doing the removing and implanting of hair cells or whether it's just involved in the cell multiplying process. I, for one, don't like the thought of a robot pushing new hairs into my scalp.
Biosciences firm Intercytex aims to perfect a treatment that involves taking hair follicles from the back of the neck, multiplying them and replanting them where they are needed.
Apparently the robot will somehow speed up the difficult process of multiplying hair folicles once they've been removed from the neck. Once the folicles are succesfully multiplied they are then implanted into the scalp.The company is in Phase II testing, where they will try their technology on a larger pool of test patients. The systems has been tested on a few volunteers with apparent success.
The article isn't clear whether the robot is physically doing the removing and implanting of hair cells or whether it's just involved in the cell multiplying process. I, for one, don't like the thought of a robot pushing new hairs into my scalp.
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June 9th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Everyone seemed to agree that the Asian governments funding of robot research is a major issue, and that Western countries - like th UK - need much more government funding and support. So what robot project does the British goverment decide to fund? A cure for baldness? Unbelieveable. Life is truly stranger than fiction, and even more stupid.