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Stem Cell announcement:
We are now accepting stroke patients for stem cell therapy treatments.
This is in addition to our diabetic and heart valve patients.These patients are treated primarily in Germany, but are available in other parts of Europe.
Stem cells are primal cells found in all multi-cellular organisms that retain the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division and can differentiate into a diverse range of specialized cell types. Research in the human stem cell field grew out of findings by Canadian scientists Ernest A. McCulloch and James E. Till in the 1960s.
The three broad categories of mammalian stem cells are: embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts, adult stem cells, which are found in adult tissues, and cord blood stem cells, which are found in the umbilical cord. In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all of the specialized embryonic tissues. In adult organisms, stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body, replenishing specialized cells.
As stem cells can be readily grown and transformed into specialised cells with characteristics consistent with cells of various tissues such as muscles or nerves through cell culture, their use in medical therapies has been proposed. In particular, embryonic cell lines, autologous embryonic stem cells generated through therapeutic cloning, and highly plastic adult stem cells from the umbilical cord blood or bone marrow are touted as promising candidates.
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Stem cell research is leading to credibile successful stem cell therapy in Germany. Doctors are reporting that stem cells are successfully treating Type II diabetes with 90 percent of patients experiencing reductions in insulin requirements and 30 to 40 percent patients needing no more insulin injections. Fifty percent of Type I diabetes patients are experiencing a fifty percent reduction in insulin two years after treatment. Additionally, stem cells are helping with spinal chord injury patients, who have not completely severed their spinal chord. Upwards to 60 percent of the patients in this condition can be restored with stem cells. However, unfortunately at this point little can be done for a completely severed spinal chord injury. More stem cell research must be done in this area for success to be realized. Stem cells have much potential than these two categories of treatment. Contact us about your individual case.
Price and/or cost is much more affordable than one might think.
These stem cell therapies have no moral objections by the Catholic church or other major religious groups of which we know. These stem cells are adult stem cells, which are taken from the patient.
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Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells found throughout the body that divide to replenish dying cells and regenerate damaged tissues. Also known as somatic stem cells, they can be found in children, as well as adults.
A great deal of adult stem cell research has focused on clarifying their capacity to divide or self-renew indefinitely and their differentiation potential. Adult stem cells, like embryonic stem cells, have pluripotent potential and can differentiate into cells derived from all three germ layers. Pluripotent stem cells can be directly generated from adult fibroblast cultures.
While embryonic stem cell potential remains theoretical, adult stem cell treatments are already being used to successfully treat many diseases. The use of adult stem cell research and therapy is not as controversial as embryonic stem cells, because the production of adult stem cells does not require the destruction of an embryo. Adult stem cells also pose no medical dangers to the patient. Among the most stunning advancements in adult stem cell therapy are treatments for Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.
In contrast with the embryonic stem cell research, more US government funding is being provided for adult stem cell research. Adult stem cells can be isolated from a tissue sample obtained from an adult (or cord blood, bone marrow, and other adult tissues). They have mainly been studied in humans and model organisms such as mice and rats.
A current list of diseases that stem cell therapies are possible for are:
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