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Obviously, if this worked on humans the sky would be the limit for several industries. The one thing that concerns me about this is that mice have significantly less mechanical stress on their skin t...

I was inclined to think it was something else until I clicked on the results tab and saw the paper listed about the hydrogel. Now, the specific tests they're doing with the funding at this time might...

It also lists the contact info for Yungling Gao who is in charge of giving out official information on the program. She might have useful info as well in terms of how the funding is being spent (i.e....

So... I might have a bit of good news. I went searching around the NIH and it appears Gerecht DID receive funding for continuing her research. Here's the link: She also received money from the ...

We might also want to contact this guy: He too was involved with the research and is quoted in several articles about the hydrogel. He might be able to shed additional light on what's going on w...

As far as organizations and their role I think it would have a lot more impact on the public and potential investors (government or private) if they were behind the movement. Plus, if this were to re...

I'm not even sure you'd need a website. You could probably just have a Facebook page and a Twitter account. That way it's easier to interact with other supporters and keep them updated and you would...

Good find trendycat. However, it seems the materials and preparation for the two hydrogels is somewhat different which probably contributes to the differences in outcome. Also, the one you linked on...

I totally agree about CAR decorin. When I got Ruoslahti's second response I pretty much lost interest in the research. To be honest, anything less than complete regeneration really doesn't interest...

@lapis lazuli At the time I emailed and got responses from Ruoslahti (a little over a year ago now) he basically said what the story I linked said. That decorin is hard to produce in large quantiti...

I emailed Dr. Gerecht today and received an auto reply that she is currently traveling until July 29th and will have limited email access. So, this might explain why the others that have emailed her ...

It's not directly related to the hydrogel but he's a researcher using another tactic to promote scar free healing. Here's a link to give you more info: He responded right away but like Gerecht'...

@Lapis lazuli Yeah, I got a response from Ruoslahti as well. Very quick and honest. Guess we have to just keep blowing up Gerecht's email account until she bites. And thanks for the well wishes...

@chuckstonchew Wow, that is awesome! Nice work. I wonder if we should work to get a petition going like you said and maybe even a website. Sheer numbers might help push this along. I'll do what...

I haven't received any reply from Sharon Gerecht. I know it has been a short time since I've sent it but I don't think I will get any reply as in my experience you either get one right away or you don...

Thanks! That's what I figured (and he was who I was thinking of emailing).

@chuckstonchew Could you tell us the nam of the researcher you emailed? I'm thinking of emailing one of the researchers involved with the dextran hydrogel but want to make sure it's not the same pe...

Another thought occurred to me. It's possible that Johns Hopkins and Gerecht's lab decided that it wasn't worth pursuing because of the various other companies that are researching and creating hydro...

I couldn't agree more, chuckstonchew. I commented a little bit ago about sites this are used to help fund research. www.petridish.org The hiccup would be finding someone currently researching the...

Looking forward to reading, Vladislav! Also, I don't know if you guys have heard of this site but I think it's interesting: I wonder if Gerecht's lab would be interested in doing something like...

Hard to say if any research is being done at the moment. Dr. Gerecht's lab has a website and no new publications have been published regarding the dextran hydrogel since the one last year. Here's th...

I wouldn't say all hope. More like a signal that more work needs to be done to either improve the homing action of CAR (as seabs was saying) or that the treatment needs to be used in tandem with some...

Hey Guys,   Errki got back to me again. A somewhat curious response in my opinion.   ________________________________________________________________   We can't make the skin appendice...

Hey solo_premium, whatever ended up happening with your test of Acell? Did the site of the wound look any better after 3 months than it did at 47 days?

Haha, I think it's "come to fruition" but I might be wrong. Sp? was me indicating that I wasn't sure I'd spelled his name right.   You're probably right about asking Ruoslahti about hair and s...