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David and Hersh speak with Andrew Verbinnen, Co-Founder of HairDAO, about how the decentralized science project is reimagining hair loss research through community-driven funding and innovation. Verbinnen shares his personal journey with baldness, the limitations and side effects of existing treatments like finasteride and minoxidil, and how HairDAO leverages tokens and a DAO structure to coordinate research where traditional funding is scarce. He explains HairDAO’s breakthroughs, including its proprietary hair follicle organ culture model, its first product launch Anagen, and the ways in which community governance and decentralized capital can accelerate discoveries in androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and beyond. The conversation highlights the psychological impact of hair loss, the underfunding of research, and how HairDAO’s model could expand to other neglected medical conditions.