There is no known cure for alopecia areata. Fortunately there are medical specialists actively leading clinical trials to unlock the mystery of this disease. Whenever there are developments concerning these clinical trials, we will post them for you on AlopeciaCare.

ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS: M.D. Anderson/ Houston: The Alopecia Areata Registry needs your immediate help. For details go to this link: http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/alopecia/ The Registry cannot move forward with its statistics until we have controls--people who are not affected with alopecia areata and are NOT blood-related to someone with alopecia areata. We need 500. We have 22. Association studies on all the data we have obtained cannot begin until we have these essential controls. Please register friends and non-blood related relatives as soon as you can. This would require the online First Tier Registration at www.AlopeciaAreataRegistry.org and then the Second Tier Registration (long form questionnaire and bloodwork). The main site at Houston will set up Second Tier Registration for these controls through your local physicians so that you don't have to travel to a participating site. Lisa K. Gallagher Director of Support, Government & Public Affairs National Alopecia Areata Foundation phone: (415)472-3780 fax: (415)472-5343 www.naaf.org We do not have a "control" box to check on the short form yet. So when these persons register, all they have to do is write the word "CONTROL" in the space where it asks "What is the name of your dermatologist who diagnosed your alopecia areata?" This is an urgent request. We need these controls immediately. The paperwork in renewing the Registry depends upon our getting these controls. Please register as soon as possible. Thank you!