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Hair-loss firm Follica nets $5.5M in funding round.

A new startup devoted to treating hair loss in men and women has secured $5.5 million in first-round venture funding.

Follica Inc. in Boston attracted funding from Interwest Partners and existing investor and co-founder PureTech Ventures.

Follica plans to use the money to fund a clinical proof-of-concept study. The medical device company believes its technology can treat androgenetic alopecia, which is a form of male and female pattern hair loss that occurs on some men and women.

Follica’s technology, licensed from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is intended to generate new hair follicles.

Follica co-founder Dr. Rox Anderson will serve as the company’s scientific advisory board chairman. He is a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Anderson is also credited with advancing the science in laser hair removal.

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Study Finds Cholesterol Fine-Tunes Hearing: Research in rodents shows amount in outer hair cell membranes affects sound.

FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) — The amount of cholesterol in the outer hair cell membranes of the inner ear can affect hearing, a new U.S. study concludes.

“We’ve known for a long time that cholesterol is lower in the outer hair cell membranes than in the other cells of the body. What we didn’t know was the relationship it had to hearing,” senior author Dr. William Brownell, a professor of otolaryngology at Baylor College of Medicine, said in a prepared statement.

In the study, published Dec. 14 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers manipulated cholesterol levels in the outer hair cells of the inner ears of mice and then measured the rodents’ hearing ability.

“Depleting the cholesterol resulted in a hearing loss. Adding cholesterol initially increased hearing but later resulted in a hearing loss. So, you can change an animal’s hearing just by adding or subtracting cholesterol,” Brownell said.

The fine-tuning of cholesterol in these cells happens naturally during development and doesn’t change much after birth. That’s different than cholesterol levels in the blood, which can vary with eating habits.

“Will our hearing be affected if we continually eat greasy meals? Right now, we don’t see a connection between the two,” Brownell said. “The results of the study help us understand the cellular mechanisms for regulating hearing and give us another way to potentially help those with hearing loss.”

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Don’t Blame Your Genes For Your Hair Related Problems.

Health: Even Great Hair Need Attention.

To maintain healthy hair there are some basic tips which one need to adhere to ensure the healthy growth of hair and remain away from hair related problems. Massaging, shampooing, medicated drugs and protecting your hair while in the open are some of the areas where one has to take care of hair.

 At times you get worried about hair loss and other hair related problems and start blaming heredity and your genetic make up for the problem. Little do you realize that the dandruff problem that is troubling you since long might be due to your neglect and improper hair care? Regular care to the hair may curb many of the hair related problems including graying of hairs. Here are some hair care tips that can keep your hair healthy and may even prevent baldness.

To read the full article click on to:

http://www.pr-inside.com/don-t-blame-your-genes-for-your-r318719.htm

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Don't Blame Your Genes For Your Hair Related Problems.

Health: Even Great Hair Need Attention.

To maintain healthy hair there are some basic tips which one need to adhere to ensure the healthy growth of hair and remain away from hair related problems. Massaging, shampooing, medicated drugs and protecting your hair while in the open are some of the areas where one has to take care of hair.

 At times you get worried about hair loss and other hair related problems and start blaming heredity and your genetic make up for the problem. Little do you realize that the dandruff problem that is troubling you since long might be due to your neglect and improper hair care? Regular care to the hair may curb many of the hair related problems including graying of hairs. Here are some hair care tips that can keep your hair healthy and may even prevent baldness.

To read the full article click on to:

http://www.pr-inside.com/don-t-blame-your-genes-for-your-r318719.htm

Do you have Hair Loss Problems, read our Hair Loss Help