Dr Farjo Discusses the ICX-TRC Cell Therapy Clinical Trial

Posted by on August 31st, 2010 at 06:00pm

The following post is by UK-based physician Dr. Bessam Farjo:

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Dr Bessam Farjo
United Kingdom

I’m often asked about the ICX-TRC Cell Therapy Human Clinical Trial and whether or not it was successful. For those of you who don’t know, the trial was (in very simple terms) the development of a therapy whereby cells are sourced from an individual, multiplied, and soon after returned to that same individual. Take a look at the Farjo website for a increasingly detailed explanation.

For anyone who has experienced any scheme of hair loss, the view that your own existing hair follicles can be multiplied and re-implanted is a huge breakthrough.

Initial results were very encouraging, with an excellent percentage success rate seen within the pop quiz areas of the trial subjects.

Unfortunately, whilst the ICX-TRC trial results presented positive, another unrelated Intercytex project was having less success. As a outcome of that and Intercytex being listed on the stock market (to construct a expanded story short) the project’s funding was cut, putting an end to the activity – for the moment being. The global credit crunch exacerbated things further.

In 2010, the different divisions of the company were broken down and sold off to different interested parties. The ICX-TRC trial was acquired by Aderans Research (ARI) in the USA, who are continuing to do trials on that subject.

Cell therapy is still an exciting and promising area for the future; however it has proved to be a complicated study that still holds lots of unanswered questions. We’re still very much committed to the concept as well as other exciting areas, and hope to have the opportunity to discover the answers to some of these questions soon – watch that space!

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Learn increasingly about the author of that write-up, Dr. Bessam Farjo, on his BaldingBlog profile or at his website.