Mcdonald fries cure baldness

At last, help.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/05/mcdonalds-fries-help-cure-baldness-7286875/

Scientists have regrown hair in mice using a ‘simple’ technique – using human stem cells. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry defy rumours and 'invite Sarah Ferguson to wedding' This generated fresh follicles capable of sprouting luxurious new locks. Within days the lab rodents had furry backs and scalps. Preliminary experiments suggest the groundbreaking therapy will also work in people. The Japanese team’s breakthrough came after they managed to mass produce ‘hair follicle germs’ (HFGs) in the lab for the first time. These are the cells that fuel follicle development. They are the ‘Holy Grail’ of hair loss research, as they have never been regenerated before. Hair was generated on the back of a mouse in the experiment (Picture: National) The secret was to use the ‘McDonald’s fries’ chemical dimethylpolysiloxane in the vessel in which they were cultured. This is added for safety reasons to prevent cooking oil from foaming. It was particularly effective for the HFGs because oxygen easily passes through. Asda scraps 5p carrier bags as part of war on plastic Professor Junji Fukuda, of Yokohama National University, said: ‘The key for the mass production of HFGs was a choice of substrate materials for the culture vessel. ‘We used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) at the bottom of culture vessel, and it worked very well.’ The method described in Biomaterials created up to 5,000 HFGs simultaneously – which led to new hair growth after they were transplanted into mice. Preliminary experiments suggest the groundbreaking therapy will also work in people (Picture: Getty) Billions of pounds are spent on hair loss treatments every year. Hair follicles have not been created this way before Prof Fukuda says hair loss troubles a substantial number of individuals all over the world, particularly in ageing societies. Number of UK students applying to university drops for second year in a row Hair regenerative medicine has emerged as a new therapy to combat the problem. It involves regenerating hair follicles, the tiny organs that grow and sustain hair. But one of the more challenging obstacles has been the preparation of HFGs, their reproductive source, on a large scale. The researchers may have overcome this with a method that leads to a much more effective therapy. When they seeded the cells in a tiny ‘HFG’ chip called a 300-microwell array and injected them into mice it generated follicles and hairs on the body. The secret was to use the ‘McDonald’s fries’ chemical dimethylpolysiloxane in the vessel in which they were cultured (Picture: Getty) Prof Fukuda and colleagues reported black hairs on both the back and the scalp where they were transplanted. They said the ‘regenerated hair exhibited the typical hair cycle of mouse hair.’ Early tests have already indicated the technique will be just as successful on human skin cells. Prof Fukuda said: ‘This simple method is very robust and promising. Meghan Markle’s dad Thomas Markle WILL give speech at Prince Harry wedding ‘We hope this technique will improve human hair regenerative therapy to treat hair loss such as androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness). ‘In fact, we have preliminary data that suggests human HFG formation using human keratinocytes and dermal papilla cells.’ He explained that his team mixed mouse skin cells with stem cells from mice and humans and seeded them in microwells in the custom-designed chip. Over three days the cells spatially separated from each other, exhibiting typical HFG features. Prof Fukuda said: ‘These self-sorted hair follicle germs (ssHFGs) were shown to be capable of efficient hair-follicle and shaft generation upon injection into the backs of nude mice. MORE: UK 26,000 sign petition to stop lobsters and crabs being boiled alive Nazi fanatic guilty of planning machete attack at gay pride event Husband stalked his own wife and threatened her with acid when they broke up ‘This finding facilitated the large-scale preparation of approximately 5,000 ssHFGs in a microwell-array chip made of oxygen-permeable silicone. ‘We demonstrated that the integrity of the oxygen supply through the bottom of the silicone chip was crucial to enabling both ssHFG formation and subsequent hair shaft generation. ‘Finally, spatially aligned ssHFGs on the chip were encapsulated into a hydrogel and simultaneously transplanted into the back skin of nude mice to preserve their intervening spaces, resulting in spatially aligned hair follicle generation. ‘This simple ssHFG preparation approach is a promising strategy for improving current hair-regenerative medicine techniques.’

If only.

They could sell them in supermarkets and I surprise they haven't done it yet. MCD could even put "has a chance of curing baldness" label on the packaging.

TL;DR version: they used something that is found in frying oil called polydimethylsiloxane to give mice luxurious pelts :P They put it in oil as it prevents foaming and thus prevents splattering while cooking with it.

I f***ing hate articles like this. Something that is found in food in tiny quantities gets unexpected results in a lab when rats are injected with HUGE quantities of it. That's not enough of an attention grabber, so then it's a "McDonalds chemical" making hair grow. Even though dimethylpolysiloxane is used in a shitload of foods.

Also, the dimethylpolysiloxane isn't growing the hair back. If you drink a bunch of sea water and then die, you don't come to the conclusion that drinking water kills you.

Dimethylpolysiloxane is a common freaking food additive, and it doesn't grow your hair back. Article is taking some science that readers otherwise wouldn't give a crap about and then using a headline which drastically misrepresents it to suggest that McDonalds fries are some weird-ass chemical that makes you grow hair. Just plain shitty-ass journalism.

One catch is that it has to be scalding hot when applied... :)

Regrows hair but kills your heart. Nice trade-off.

I find this hard to believe, because nothing grows on McDonald's french fries.

one hundred per cent agree the cookies are free %

I don't like their fires. They are bad fries.

You shouldn't be surprised how people really value their hair.

u mad bruh?

Whenever I read stories like these, I always return to my three rules:

1. Always take science stories in mainstream media with a grain of salt. Or to be more accurate, a whole shaker full.

2. Go to the source. Mainstream press generally have poor understanding of how science works and what scientific papers are meant to do, and often misinterpret their findings. This is frequently deliberate, either to make a more attention-grabbing headline, or to suit their editorial stance.

3. Always ask the question: "has it been reviewed?" The truth is, most scientific papers are never reviewed. Too many papers being published, and not enough scientists to go around. Most stories like these should therefore be treated as merely interesting curiosities awaiting further investigation, and not some authoritative, earth-shaking discoveries, as most real, respectable scientists do.

They're the best fries.