Idea for Horror Movie
Oct 21, 2022 09:15:21 #
Headline from NewScientist (England): "Hair Follicles Have Been Grown in the Lab." Imagine going into a lab and seeing hair growing all over the place. Then it begins moving toward you. It's bad enough finding a hair in your soup, but when it starts coming for you, that's really scary.
Yokohama University
Hair raising
Mature hair follicles have been grown in a laboratory for the first time, in a move that could one day treat hair loss. The work was in mice, but the team behind it hope to recreate the achievement in humans. The main breakthrough was culturing mouse embryonic skin cells in a special type of gel, which allowed the cells to be reprogrammed into hair follicles. The hair follicles grew for up to one month, reaching up to 3 millimetres long.
Yokohama University
Hair raising
Mature hair follicles have been grown in a laboratory for the first time, in a move that could one day treat hair loss. The work was in mice, but the team behind it hope to recreate the achievement in humans. The main breakthrough was culturing mouse embryonic skin cells in a special type of gel, which allowed the cells to be reprogrammed into hair follicles. The hair follicles grew for up to one month, reaching up to 3 millimetres long.
Oct 21, 2022 09:25:54 #
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Oct 21, 2022 09:50:04 #
I'd go for the "mouse hair" head of hair, however, I imagine that I would have to stay away from cats.
Oct 21, 2022 10:09:22 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
I'd go for the "mouse hair" head of hair, however, I imagine that I would have to stay away from cats.
And you'll always be hungry for cheese.
Oct 21, 2022 10:15:51 #
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Oct 21, 2022 23:00:41 #
RiJoRi
Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
I'd be really nervous if I worked with ceramics. I might become the Hairy Potter! 😱 🙄 ☺️
--Rich
--Rich
Oct 22, 2022 07:27:14 #
Oct 22, 2022 07:52:28 #
SteveR wrote:
Reminds me of the horror movie The Hand.
yes. Now - "The Hairy Hand."
Oct 22, 2022 21:24:11 #
Oct 23, 2022 06:26:39 #
Oct 23, 2022 08:54:09 #
The hair takes over the entire town until one lone barber, the town outcast, solves the problem… 432 pounds of Brylcreem.
Oct 23, 2022 09:09:49 #
JKlein wrote:
The hair takes over the entire town until one lone barber, the town outcast, solves the problem… 432 pounds of Brylcreem.
Of course! A barber would have to be the hero. And a big dab of Brylcreem.
Oct 23, 2022 11:23:07 #
Years ago scientists developed cell cultures in which they could grow human bladder and kidney cells. I imagine they shifted to creating hair follicle cells because THAT is where the real money is! The problem with lab-grown tissue is that it is easy to grow it in thin sheets on a culture medium - but getting it to form into organs such as kidneys, with internal blood vessels and other plumbing, is not an easy task. This technique is useful, though, in growing artificial skin that can be used to treat burns.
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