This word "Permanent" .. They all use it.
They did not speak about 100% hair removal (or at least 95%!) because of understandable reasons - like everybody else did before. They did not lie, they just use an anouncement like all the politicians do. Every word has lots of meanings..
If it supposed to be applied by a doctor that means there are side effects, and if there are side effects it is already not the "final solution".. Maybe it will provide a "breakthrough" but i dont think it will be the final solution.. That means we must wait more than 2 years...

I think we will have the final solution when they wont use the word "permanent" - that means they are sure about the results. But I have no idea how many years to pass before they will stop using this word.
Ohh and "Vaniqa" is also a "breakthrough", and still few years later after the "breakthrough" we see no solution..
But I HOPE I am missing the point...

Sure, many of the crackpots do claim permanent etc etc, However,it's just a well known fact that Christiano, a qualified / recognised specialist in this area has been working on such advanced techniques for some time, so i am leaning more toward a possible breakthrough with greater probability with someone like that than some crackpots selling hair removal lotions on tv shopping shows all of a sudden

Anyway, just had to get my 2 bobs in

00b.

a breakthrough is far away

German researchers found in 2000 already some genes responsible for the suppression of keratine production in mice hair follicels.
Now they admit that the situation is more complicated than originally expected, see article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query...t_uids=15161094

CRAP!!!

I for one have never been overly optimistic about such developments but this one i feel different by what i have read and the people involved.

enough said, we will wait and see.

Has anyone seen anything resent on this?

They do not seem to add anything to their web site.
It has been the same for about a year.


Sirna Dermatology News

Google News search shows Nov 11th 05 as the last time they made the news.

Google News search on "Sirna Dermatology"

A google news search on siRNA brings up a bit more on the subject

Google News Search on "siRNA"

It's now 2007.... any news on this?

If would be helpful if you could contact Merck and ask them if they are continuing their research on the "hairless gene" since they acquired Sirna recently. Let us know what their response is. Okay? Contact info is:

http://www.merck.com/contact/

Thanks,

Dee