A very interesting patent was filed by Dr. Bruno Bernard, the head of the hair biology research team at L’Oreal. I was motivated to look for it after reading a few articles and interviews with him where he discussed a new product that L’Oreal is developing that reverses grey hair.

http://www.enotalone.com/article/19715.html

The patent of interest to me is:
Administration of agents inducing dopachrome tautomerase (TRP-2) expression for protecting hair follicle melanocytes

So far, this patent represents the only scientifically based approach to reversing grey hair that I have seen so far.

You can read it here: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090118203

I am in the process of ordering the ingredients for two of the formulations outlined in the patent from a chemical company in China. My purpose is to attempt to create the hair lotion mentioned using glycyrrhizin and kaempferol as the DOPAchrome tautomerase inducers.

If anyone is interested in collaborating with me on this project let me know by posting on this blog. Then, we can work out how to coordinate our activities.

The site for the shammpoo makes interesting claims but I neither see a list of ingredients in the shammpoo nor research backing up the claims. So, though I might try the shammpoo on a personal level, it is not in the spirit of this blog for me to endorse or comment on it at this point. If you can point me to some independent research on the substance, I will certainlly be glad to have a look at it.