Speaking of Tb4, here's the latest press release

Tricia · Post by **Tricia** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:46 am

from Regenerx.

NIH Scientist Reports Wound Healing Effects of T4

Data Presented at 15th Annual Meeting of the Wound Healing Society

BETHESDA, MD, May 19, 2005 - RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: RGN) (http://www.regenerx.com) reported today that Dr. Hynda Kleinman, Chief of the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Dental and Craniofacial Research Institute in Bethesda, MD, presented data showing how Thymosin beta 4 (T4) accelerates wound healing, as well as the stimulation of hair follicles in laboratory animals. In her presentation today at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Wound Healing Society in Chicago, IL, Dr. Kleinman emphasized T4's ability to up-regulate or "turn on" two genes, zyxin and laminin-5, both of which are important for cellular adhesion and cell migration, two key biological activities necessary for successful wound healing.

Dr. Kleinman also presented confirmatory data indicating T4's ability to enter the nucleus of the cell due to the presence of actin, a major cell-building protein to which T4 readily attaches. According to Dr. Allan L. Goldstein, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and RegeneRx's Chief Scientific Advisor, "The ability of T4 to enter the cell nucleus offers a very interesting possibility that it could be used as a carrier or 'chaperone molecule' to allow manipulation of cells at the nuclear level. This capability could open up a whole new avenue for delivering specialized chemotherapeutic agents, or other drugs, to cells in a very efficient and targeted manner and further broadens the possible uses of T4."

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
RegeneRx (http://www.regenerx.com) is a biopharmaceutical company developing T4 as a platform technology for the treatment of acute and chronic wounds and for a variety of human diseases involving tissue and organ repair under an exclusive world-wide license from the National Institutes of Health. The company holds over fifty world-wide patents and patent applications related to dermal, ophthalmic, and internal wounds and tissue repair, including the prevention and treatment cardiac and neurological injuries, as well as patents related to the treatment of septic shock. RegeneRx has received clearance from the U.S. FDA for its first three Phase II dermal wound healing clinical trials and has also targeted ophthalmic and cardiac wound healing as part of its ongoing clinical development program.

The information in this press release may include certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements concern the Company's current expectations regarding future events, including the regulatory approval process and the ongoing and prospective development and commercialization of T4 and possible future benefits to the Company, its stockholders, and patients. Due to the nature of clinical trials, product development and the regulatory approval process, the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those reflected in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-KSB. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by the Company.

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JackWhite · Post by **JackWhite** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:26 am

And what exactly does this mean for MPB????

JackWhite · Post by **JackWhite** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:28 am

And what exactly does this mean for MPB????

Tricia · Post by **Tricia** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:16 am

Dr. Hynda Kleinman, Chief of the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Dental and Craniofacial Research Institute in Bethesda, MD, presented data showing how Thymosin beta 4 (T4) accelerates wound healing, as well as the stimulation of hair follicles in laboratory animals

Wound healing medication could be used to grow hair if applied to your scalp. Provided it works that way in humans

I guess, that's the problem. A bunch of stuff will grow hair on a mouse (profoundly) and those things don't necessarily work for humans.

Know of anything else on the horizon?