Did UCLA Just Cure Baldness?
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They could always make the research and processes public domain, so no one person can unilaterally profit.
But that's not what they did, and that's the problem.
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Research isn't free either.
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I just wish I had done something absurd like sport a bright pink mohawk at some point before going bald
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Of course not, which is why they're publicly funded. That's the issue. They're using public funds to make private profits.
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It's amazing you even have to explain something so obvious.
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So how should we make this available to people then?
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Finasteride effectively cured male pattern balding already. It's safe and effective, the only downside is that you need to keep taking it
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License and release it into the public domain: research, methods, processes, patents—the whole deal.
Privatizing medicine, even elective medicine, just ensures predation.
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People gotta start down the road of anti-capitalism somewhere, right?
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Hair loss remedies are always criticized on the grounds that you need to continue using them to continue seeing the benefits.
I don’t know why this complaint surfaces for hair loss medications in particular, when a lot of things are like this. Insulin. Depression drugs. All supplements. Etc.
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Hair loss is caused by a multitude of factors, including aging, stress, hormonal imbalances and bad genetics.
“Bad” genetics?! Damn, that’s a little fucking judgmental for what is ultimately just a cosmetic issue.
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Dude, if this upsets you, consider that there are promising signs we may be able to significantly slow or even reverse aging itself within the next 50 years. This means that out of the 10 or 20 thousand generations of humans there have been since our origin, everyone reading this will miss out on immortality by about 2.
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I'm not following. Making the results public domain doesn't prohibit private companies from manufacturing for profit.
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I'm bald and started shaving my head as soon as I noticed it was thinning (19 yrs old). I like the lack of maintenance and I think I look good with a bald head. \o/
Wouldn't change it tbh.
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No, you got it. It's not about prohibiting profit, it's about prohibiting the exclusive ability to profit.
Think of generic medicines (in the US) versus brand equivalents and how vast their cost difference is.
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Is Betteridges Law dead?
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PUT ON THE WIG DEGENERATE
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Until you're ready for your old man era, presumably.
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It's also only preventative, seems like this is more reversal.
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I had postcard white-guy Jesus hair, hanging to the middle of my back, straight and reddish blond. A beard too. I went bald in my mid-40s and now what's left around the fringes is white. People who see pictures of me from back in the day don't recognize me.
