i saw this on the bbc website today.

don't get carried away, it's probably old news to most people on the forum.

"Cells grown in the laboratory may offer a possible solution to hair loss, preliminary trials have suggested:
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Here is more on the same study.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article4045906.ece

Notice the featured Doctor.

5 years is probably ambitious, but the future is brighter and brighter (and a hell of a lot better now than it was even 10 years ago).