{"id":1032,"date":"2011-03-14T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2011-03-14T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T10:27:58","slug":"new-device-could-cut-hair-loss-during-chemotherapy-8171","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/new-device-could-cut-hair-loss-during-chemotherapy-8171\/","title":{"rendered":"New Device Could Cut Hair Loss During Chemotherapy-8171"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists at Edinburgh University are working on a new device which they believe could cut the number of people suffering from hair loss<\/a> during chemotherapy. They also think it could reduce other side effects including sickness and a weakened immune system.<\/p>\n

The device uses palladium particles to set off reactions within cells; the palladium is itself coated in order to prevent damage to the cell as it penetrates. Palladium is a very rare metal.<\/p>\n

Using palladium in this way appears to enable the cancer<\/a> treating drugs to do their work, but without causing the well known side effects such as alopecia.<\/p>\n

The research which looks promising is in its early stage; it is also a collaborative project with scientists from Kebangsaan University in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

The leader of the research programme, Professor Mark Bradley who works in the Department of Chemistry in Edinburgh told BBC reporters: “This technique potentially gives us the ability to deliver drugs to exactly where they are needed, for example in targeting cancerous tumours.”<\/p>\n

In related news two young girls decided to cut their locks to donate their hair to the Wigs for Kids campaign in British Columbia, Canada.<\/p>\n

Alexa and Olivia Mortimer decided to get involved to honour their grandfather who died from cancer. Their mother Suzanne Carter told local reporters: “I’m proud of them. They heard of other children donating their hair and they thought it was a great idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was something that would be easy for them to do and they knew it would help children who were going through a challenging situation.”<\/p>\n

Natural hair wigs are unfortunately very expensive to make, and can cost between 1,000 and 3,000 Canadian Dollars. Consequently, a charity like Wigs for Kids helps enormously.<\/p>\n

The chairwoman of Wigs for Kids, Bev Friesen said: “Having a wig that looks like the real thing is necessary for children with hair loss to begin to feel like themselves again. With a wig, kids can feel good about returning to school and resuming normal activities. Their baldness is one question they don’t have to answer.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scientists at Edinburgh University are working on a new device which they believe could cut the number of people suffering from hair loss during chemotherapy. They also think it could reduce other side effects including sickness and a weakened immune system. The device uses palladium particles to set off reactions within cells; the palladium is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[437,289,33,653],"class_list":["post-1032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hair-loss","tag-alopecia","tag-chemotherapy","tag-research-study","tag-wigs-for-kids-campaign"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888008809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}