<story><title>Arthritis drug spurs hair growth in man with alopecia universalis</title><url>http://news.yale.edu/2014/06/19/hairless-man-arthritis-drug-spurs-hair-growth-lots-it</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mglukhovsky</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve had alopecia universalis for the past two years, so it&amp;#x27;s exciting to see new research in this area. However, the drug in question (tofacitinib) is still an immunosuppresant, with some serious side effects (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM330702.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fda.gov&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;Drugs&amp;#x2F;DrugSafety&amp;#x2F;UCM330702.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) -- so I&amp;#x27;ll be watching the clinical trials closely.&lt;p&gt;The original paper that&amp;#x27;s been submitted to Nature is worth a read: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/vaop/naam/pdf/jid2014260a.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nature.com&amp;#x2F;jid&amp;#x2F;journal&amp;#x2F;vaop&amp;#x2F;naam&amp;#x2F;pdf&amp;#x2F;jid2014260a....&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Arthritis drug spurs hair growth in man with alopecia universalis</title><url>http://news.yale.edu/2014/06/19/hairless-man-arthritis-drug-spurs-hair-growth-lots-it</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Mizza</author><text>This is for alopecia universalis - don&amp;#x27;t get your hopes up, gents!</text></comment>