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Hairless Man Grows Full Head Of Hair In Yale Arthritis Drug Trial [YAAAAAY!}
boston.cbslocal.com ^ | June 19, 2014 11:04 AM | Staff

Posted on 06/19/2014 10:36:41 AM PDT by Red Badger

BOSTON (CBS) – Scientists at Yale may have discovered quite the off-label use for an FDA-approved arthritis drug.

During a trial, which stretched for eight months, a 25-year-old man with almost no hair on his body grew a full head following treatment with the drug. He reported no noticeable side effects.

The patient was suffering from a rare, highly visible disease known as alopecia universalis, which has no cure or approved long term treatment.

The disease causes the loss of almost all body hair.

According to scientists involved in the trial, the patient also grew eyebrows, eyelashes, and facial, armpit, and other hair.

“The results are exactly what we hoped for,” said Brett A. King, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine and senior author of a paper reporting the results online June 18 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. “This is a huge step forward in the treatment of patients with this condition. While it’s one case, we anticipated the successful treatment of this man based on our current understanding of the disease and the drug. We believe the same results will be duplicated in other patients, and we plan to try.”

The drug, called tofacitinib citrate has also been used successfully for treating psoriasis.

King has submitted a proposal for a clinical trial involving the drug.

(Photos courtesy Yale University)


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bald; cure; hair
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To: Red Badger
Rush Limbaugh said (as he got the ear implant surgery for his second ear this year) that it would take a cure for baldness to cure the cause of his deafness (hair follicles in his ear).
41 posted on 06/19/2014 11:34:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Good question...................


42 posted on 06/19/2014 11:34:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: a fool in paradise

I’ve got more ear hairs growing than there are cornstalks in Indiana.

I wonder if I can donate....


43 posted on 06/19/2014 11:37:05 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: ealgeone

tofacitinib citrate - XELJANZ ( pronounced zel-jans ) is the first in a new class of treatments for moderate to severe RA. Called a Janus-associated kinase (JAK) inhibitor, it helps to reduce common RA symptoms such as joint pain, swelling, and stiffness.

Serious infections. XELJANZ can lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections. Some people have serious infections while taking XELJANZ, including tuberculosis (TB), and infections caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses that can spread throughout the body. Some people have died from these infections. Your healthcare provider should test you for TB before starting XELJANZ, and monitor you closely for signs and symptoms of TB infection during treatment. You should not start taking XELJANZ if you have any kind of infection unless your healthcare provider tells you it is okay.
Before starting XELJANZ, tell your healthcare provider if you:

I’ll pass.


44 posted on 06/19/2014 11:37:38 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Lurker

Kojack (Telly Savalas) used to say the same thing. So maybe that Bald Mystique is not a myth after all.


45 posted on 06/19/2014 11:37:56 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: cuban leaf

Thinning hair bookmark.


46 posted on 06/19/2014 11:43:41 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: dangerdoc
Yes, this article indicates that a cure has finally been found for the rare, highly visible disease known as alopecia universalis

Now, as soon as they've found a cure for regular, ol' alopecia, I'll be interested.

Regards,

47 posted on 06/19/2014 11:52:04 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Red Badger

Soon, you’ll be drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic’s.


48 posted on 06/19/2014 11:52:22 AM PDT by headless_thompson_gunner
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To: headless_thompson_gunner

Never been to London............


49 posted on 06/19/2014 11:55:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: alexander_busek

You and me both brother.


50 posted on 06/19/2014 11:57:41 AM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: Red Badger

Sounds good. BTW, how is it for the arthritis?


51 posted on 06/19/2014 11:59:15 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

I don’t know. ...........


52 posted on 06/19/2014 11:59:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: cuban leaf

product name?

getting a severe bald spot on the back of the head and the widow’s peak is getting worse.


53 posted on 06/19/2014 12:05:01 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: Red Badger
a 25-year-old man with almost no hair on his body grew a full head

But does the new head have hair?

54 posted on 06/19/2014 12:11:38 PM PDT by bgill
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To: nascarnation
"Friends, Romans, countrymen.. Lend me your ear!"


55 posted on 06/19/2014 12:25:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Not a hair on my head (thanks Dad!) but I’m with you. Furthermore, the drug’s ability to do this for this young man probably has nothing to do with the good ol’ fashioned cause of male baldness, so I imagine it’s useless in that regard.


56 posted on 06/19/2014 12:29:07 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Red Badger

***eyebrows, eyelashes, and facial, armpit, and other hair***

Other hair? What could they possibly mean?


57 posted on 06/19/2014 12:39:50 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: warsaw44

See post 25. :-)


58 posted on 06/19/2014 12:40:13 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: MrB

Did he ever get the Heart of Gold back?


59 posted on 06/19/2014 12:42:53 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: cuban leaf
Interesting. I like this better than taking a pill. It made your wife's hair thicker too? How long did it take?
60 posted on 06/19/2014 12:45:28 PM PDT by Ditter
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