My hairline found a cure before my landlord found a conscience.
Arthritis Drug Restores Up to 100% of Hair in Severe Alopecia Patients
A Phase 3 trial in JAMA Dermatology reports that upadacitinib, an arthritis drug that calms the immune system, restored 80 percent scalp coverage in roughly half of patients with severe alopecia areata, versus about 2 percent on placebo. 1,399 participants across two parallel trials, including adolescents, saw the benefit over 24 weeks. Researchers call it a promising option; more testing against existing treatments is needed.
Source: Arthritis Drug Restores Up to 100% of Hair in Severe Alopecia Patients — ScienceAlert
Watch: the original footage ↗
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Sep 12, 2026.
Topics: health · alopecia · medicalresearch · hairloss · science
Advertisement
More Science memes
Advertisement
The veteran dreamed a prosthetic that came with its own ghostwriter — can't wait for the part where it demands royalties.
Turns out the same species that can't agree on a group dinner plan showed up with 8% fewer divorces and a blood shortage solved.
Scientists finally got a text back from the early universe—it was just a 'u up?' from a galaxy that's been dead for 13 billion years.
We wiped them out in 1936 and we're cloning them back by 2036 — because apparently we can't stop meddling, we just changed departments.
Emu bush for headaches, river mint for digestion — all he needs is a backyard and zero fertiliser.
Saving the planet with a floating garden is genuinely brilliant, but I still won't swim in it.
I can't even commit to a gym membership, and this man is renewing a lease with a parasite.
Two people saw things science can't explain and I still can't get my Bluetooth to connect.