Please Help Us To Accelerate Hair Research

[AndiL]

Hello,

 

my name is Andreas Lutz. I am a German student and a member of the support group "Initiative for the advancement of hair gene research" (Infagen). We are a group of men and women with different forms of hairloss, that want to support and accelerate biomedical hair research. The aim of the initiative is the side-effect free cure of all sorts of hairloss and other hair problems (e.g. graying hair) and the regrowth of lost hair by biomedical drugs, hair multiplication, cell and gene therapy.

As you perhaps know gene therapy is considered the 4th medical revolution (after hygienics, operation in narcosis and antibiotics), as it will offer a cure for many currently incurable diseases. Also hairloss belongs to the diseases, that will finally be defeated by biomedical research. Already in 1995 the US biotech firm AntiCancer Inc. (http://www.anticancer.com ) showed, that harmless fat bubbles (=liposomes) allow the very specific and effective delivery of therapeutic genes to hair follicles (http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SUA06/bald.html ). Also several hair growth related genes have been found since 1995, e.g. the hairless-gene (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/23/14/13.html ) and the nude-gene (http://cumc.columbia.edu/news/journ...-1999/gene.html ), that were discovered by Dr. Angela Christiano (Columbia University/New York). Prof. Fuchs (Rockefeller University) even created completely new hair follicles in adult mice in 1998 (http://www.hhmi.org/fuchs ). So this groundbreaking biomedical research may lead to a full head of hair even for completely bald people.

But still some problems have to be solved before these and other exciting

research results will revolutionize the therapy of human hairloss. These problems could be solved in about 2-4 years. Up to now nearly all important research results have come from academic researchers at public universities and their financial resources are very limited. But modern biomedical research depends on latest equipment in order to be fast and effective. So the more money the researchers have, the sooner there will be a final cure for hairloss and baldness.

We already convinced the US millionaire Mr. Steve Kirsch, the inventor of

the internet search engine infoseek.com, to fund hairloss research. Following the advice of his medical experts he donated more than 200.000

dollars to Dr. Christiano and Dr. Colin Jahoda, two of the leading hair

researchers (http://www.kirschfoundation.org/how...r_follicle.html ). But this can only be a beginning. Much more tax deductibale (!!)

donations and/or investments are needed to guarantee fast research results. Of course every donator/investor will be able to talk personally with the researchers and visit their laboratories before making a final funding decision.

Another important aspect is this: Several research groups are looking for the genes, that cause the different forms of hairloss. To find these genes, they need blood samples of brothers and sisters, that are affected with hereditary hairloss (androgenetic alopecia) and alopecia areata (http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/derm/hairloss/ ). So it is very important, that enough study participants are found soon.

Both aspects can be supported by an initiative of affected people, what should lead to a significant acceleration of the research process. This is the aim of the "Initiative for the advancement of hair gene research" (InFAGen).

You will find much additional information about the

enormous potential of biomedical hair research and the Infagen concept on our homepage http://www.infagen.de (English version).

We are still looking for people, that support us. Really everybody could help, e.g. by sending our standard contact letter to wealthy people with hair problems or by distributing flyers. A really fanstastic oppportunity would be of course radio- or TV-interviews in the Netherlands, during which you could talk about the potential of biomedical research. This would hopefully also attract some interested donators/investors and study participants. So please contact me, if you want to help us! My e-mail-address is [email protected]

If at least some of us stop complaining and start acting, there will be a really effective therapy, hopefully even a cure, in the near future!

 

Best wishes

Andreas

[AndiL]

Oh sorry, of course I meant "radio- or TV-interviews in Italy" not "radio- or TV-interviews in the Netherlands".

I also posted this message at the Netherland homepage http://www.haarweb.nl and forgot to change that, when I copied the message for this forum.

Regards

Andreas

[El Funambolo]

interessante,c'è qualcuno che traduce?

[Visitatore zortek]

vogliono da noi soldi per finanziare una ricerca che secondo loro dovrebbe essere rivoluzionaria e che dovrebbe durare 2-4 anni. In alternativa ai soldi ci propongono di fare volantinaggio per raccogliere fondi, oppure di contattare milionari o riccastri vari per propagandare la loro causa.

[El Funambolo]

può essere una buona iniziativa......

[AndiL]

I forgot to mention, that I don´t speak or understand Italian. So if the first reply from you, El Funambolo, was a question for me, please write it again in English - if possible.

Thank you very much

Andreas

[Visitatore zortek]

AndiL: ElFunambolo asked for a translation, which i provided in short in my reply. He, then replied that yours is a interesting venture. That's all.

[El Funambolo]

grazie per la traduzione

[AndiL]

Dear Zortek, dear El Funambolo,

 

could you imagine to support our intiative in Italy? For example you could translate our standard contact letter (please see below) and send it to Italian wealthy people/investors with hair problems. Or you could print our the standard contact letter and use it as a flyer. Of course it would be fantastic, if one of you was brave enough to do some newpaper/TV/radio-interviews in Italy. This would surely attract many study participants and donators or investors.

 

Warm regards

Andreas

 

Standard contact letter:

 

Your name

XY-Street

XY Town

Country

E-mail:

Phone:

 

or the address of our intiative (e.g. if you use it as a flyer):

 

Infagen

Postfach 23

D-36367 Wartenberg

GERMANY

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Subject: Support of leading biomedical hair researchers to find a cure for

baldness and gray hair in the near future

 

Dear Mr. XY,

 

my name is XY. I am a member of the international "Initiative

for the advancement of hair gene research" (Infagen). We are a group of men

and women with different forms of hairloss, that want to support and

accelerate biomedical hair research. The aim of the initiative is the

side-effect free cure of all sorts of hairloss and other hair problems

(e.g. graying hair) and the regrowth of lost hair by cell and gene therapy.

 

As you perhaps know gene therapy is considered the 4th medical revolution

(after hygienics, operation in narcosis and antibiotics), as it will offer a

cure for many currently incurable diseases. Also hairloss belongs to the

diseases, that will finally be defeated by biomedical research. Already in

1995 the US biotech firm AntiCancer Inc. showed, that harmless fat bubbles

(=liposomes) allow the very specific and effective delivery of therapeutic

genes to hair follicles. Also several hair growth related genes have been

found since 1995, e.g. the hairless-gene and the nude-gene, that were

discovered by Dr. Angela Christiano (Columbia University/New York). Prof.

Fuchs (Rockefeller University) even created completely new hair follicles in

adult mice in 1998. So this groundbreaking biomedical research may lead to a

full head of hair even for completely bald people.

 

But still some problems have to be solved before these and other exciting

research results will revolutionize the therapy of human hairloss. These

problems could be solved in about 2-4 years. Up to now nearly all important

research results have come from academic researchers at public universities

and their financial resources are very limited. But modern biomedical

research depends on latest equipment in order to be fast and effective. So

the more money the researchers have, the sooner there will be a final cure

for hairloss and baldness.

 

We already convinced the US millionaire Mr. Steve Kirsch, the inventor of

the internet search engine infoseek.com, to fund hairloss research.

Following the advice of his medical experts he donated more than 300.000

dollars to Dr. Christiano and Dr. Colin Jahoda, two of the leading hair

researchers. But this can only be a beginning. Much more tax deductibale

donations and/or investments are needed to guarantee fast research results.

 

So are you also interested in supporting leading hair researchers? We and

the researchers will like answering all your remaining questions. Of course

we will guarantee absolute anonymity, if you want that. Of course you will

be able to talk personally with the researchers and visit their laboratories

before making a final funding decision.

 

It has to be emphasized, that you can also invest into selected hair

research groups. So if their research is successful, you will make a very

significant profit. You will find much additional information about the

enormous potential of biomedical hair research and the Infagen concept on

our homepage http://www.infagen.de (English version).

 

Best regards

XY

[El Funambolo]

che dice?

[hollas]

AndiL I translate for El Funambolo:

Dice che se vogliamo aiutarlo potremmo spargere info x l'Italia, utilizzando quel modello di lettera che ci ha fornito, meglio ancora se qualcuno si prende la briga di tradurlo in italiano così da amplificarne l'effetto su tutti gli italiani...

 

Byeeee

[lady pr-oscar]

AndiL..

it look's a good idea! At least we don't have to wait for somone else's work_ actually I'm really under pressure in this moment for my final exam_ Next week I'll be happy to help you or find a way to envelop your project in Italy_

All the Best.

LP

[AndiL]

Dear LP,

 

that´s abolsutely great news!!! Could you please send me an e-mail next week?

Good luck for your final exam!!!!

 

Warm regards

Andreas

[depeche]

[/b]SE DIAMO RETTA A TUTTI QUELLI CHE VOGLIONO SOLDI PER FINANZIARE LA RICERCA STIAMO MESSI BENE!!!!!!

IO NON DO SOLDI AL PRIMO PINCOPALLINO CHE MI VIENE SOTTO!!!!

 

VOLEVO RICORDARVI I PEPDITI!!!!!!!!!

VE NE SIETE TUTTI DIMENTICATI?????!!!!!! :ph34r: :ph34r: :angry: :angry: