med_student

[Med Tech]: Future family doctor looking to contribute to med tech

Posted by med_student on Thursday March 17, 2016 @01:10AM
from the self-post dept.

Hi,I just matched into a US Family Medicine Residency program and will be starting in July 2016. My USMLE (United states medical licensing exam) scores and clinical performance evaluations are excellent.It's a bit of a down time in my medical school career (post exams, prior to starting a residency) and the perfect time to learn about, meet and contribute to a med tech startup with the goal of...

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Re:Arthritis drug spurs hair growth in man with alopecia universalis on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:40AM (#7942581)

I'm sure that whoever is making this drug is already 10 times ahead of any of us in monetizing this for commercial hair loss applications.

I'll give it my best shot. The reason steroidal creams work is because the steroids are lipid soluble and their mechanism of action involves penetrating cell membranes and bindings to transcription factors in the cytoplasm/nucleus.

A tyrosine kinase inhibitor wouldn't be lipid soluble and therefore wouldn't be able to diffuse across the skin or into the capillaries feeding the hair follicles which is where I'm assuming the positive effect is coming from. (Turning off White Blood Cells).