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The dNovo's technology uses hair stem cells to replace cells lost through aging and male pattern baldness.
Promising a new form of treatment that takes a more efficient approach to regenerating lost follicles
Converts a person's skin, blood, or fat cells directly into hair stem cells, skipping the intermediate pluripotent state.
In mouse models of baldness, new hair sprouts after three weeks and had maintained it seven months later.
“Direct reprogramming technology directly converts one cell type into another," - Ernesto Lujan, founder and CEO of dNovo.
"This makes our system quick and scalable,” - Lujan.
Results so far demonstrated the feasibility of its approach, and others believe it has great potential.
Announced US$2.7 million in seed funding to continue developing its technology.
