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Let's focus on the FUNDAMENTALS, not the little details (Topicals)

posted by Bryan, 19.04.2008, 17:39

» I think I hate this forum. Thats the 2nd long reply I have lost in a couple
» of days. This one seemed to go through. Anyway...

David thought he had a fix for the problem, but I just emailed him a while ago to let him know that it's still not working...

» Well technically the androgen is the most upstream signal in this process.
» There is nothing upstream of that as the term upstream and downstream is
» used in terms of signal transduction. But now I know that you meant a
» developmental stage that occured before the hair follicle cells had
» committed to becoming hair follicle cells.

I'm using that term more generally than just in the context of "signal transduction". I'm using it to describe a whole sequence of events, starting with the initial reason(s) for why hair follicles first become either suppressed, stimulated, or stay neutral to androgens.

» OK. But what causes one type to become one or the other has already been
» and gone by the time we are here to worry about it. Causing one hair
» follicle to change into another type of hair follicle once they have
» diffferentiated is like getting a skin cell to change into a muscle cell.
» Possible in the test tube perhaps but very tricky at the least in vivo.

I'm not so sure about all that. Time will tell.

» OK. I suspect the answer wont be particularly profound though.

Hey, I'm counting on that!

I suspect that the simpler the explanation is, the more likely it is that we'll be able to formulate the Ultimate Treatment for MPB! :-)

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