Presented by Dr. Rodolfo B.

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Overview Distinction between adult and embryonic stem cells Sources of stem cells from ones own body Stem Cell Therapy Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Procedure Health Risk Issues Benefits

Stem cells are the basic building blocks of life

The basic cell from which our bodies are made. They are formed at conception and specialized to become all the different tissues of the body: muscle, nerve, organs, bone, blood and so on.

Their remarkable ability to become other types of cells makes them essential in the repair and renewal of tissues and body organs.
Unlike other cells, they can divide and replicate over and over again. They give rise to brain cells, heart cells, pancreas cells, etc. and are a critical element in regenerative medicine.

We tap into our body's stem cell reserve to repair and replace injured or diseased tissue.
Unfortunately, our reserve is finite and as it becomes depleted, the regenerative power of our body decreases and we succumb to diseases, disorder and the ravages of aging.

Large numbers of stem cells are needed for stem cell replacement therapy.
Embryonic cells are grown in culture, while adult stem cells are best taken from the fat tissue in your own body and activated by glycoproteins for maximum proliferation into a large number of different cell types.

By using your own adult stem cells, there is no risk that your cells will be rejected by your immune system which may be the case if you receive embryonic stem cells.
It has also been found that embryonic stem cells used in laboratory animals have created tumors. The use of embryonic stem cells is currently restricted in the USA and other countries.

There are three sources from a patient that can be used clinically:
bone marrow peripheral blood and fat.

Stem Cell Therapy harnesses the body's own healing mechanisms to repair and regenerate damaged/diseased tissues and organs.
It involves extracting and purifying a high yield of stem cells, processing them, and delivering them back to the body.

Unlike embryonic stem cells derived from a fetus or stem cells derived from animals, autologous stem cells are derived from your own blood or fat tissue (adipose).
Dormant stem cells are harvested from 100cc of a patient's fat and peripheral blood through liposuction.

These stem cells are incubated in stimulating growth factors, isolated and infused back into the patient intravenously.
The whole procedure takes up to 4 hours in the operating room of the hospital under local anesthesia.

It takes about an hour to harvest, 3 hours to incubate and stimulate the stem cells and infuse them back to the patient.

As a preparation, you need to fast or stop food and drinks and water at least 4 to 6 hours before the procedure.
The procedure is done in the operating room under sterile conditions. Local anesthesia with or without sedation by an anesthesiologist is used. 100cc of fats are suctioned out from the abdominal or tummy area as in liposuction and these are processed to extract the stem cells that are attached to the fats. All the fats are thrown away so there is no danger of fat embolism.

The stem cells are then activated using the growth factors released from the plasma of the your blood. Once activated, the stem cells are added to the intravenous fluid that has been running and infused to your vein in 30 minutes to 1 hour. The whole procedure takes 4 hours to finish.
You may remove the abdominal binder after 4 days and one or two sutures are removed after 7 days. You may resume exercise, gym, and sport activities after 14 days.

The effect on your body starts to appear or be felt from 2 weeks to up to 11 months.
If you have a disease condition or degenerative disease, it takes longer. In some patients, they submit themselves to another transplant to accelerate their improvement and experience more immediate quality of life. The transplant can be repeated upon patient's choice earliest one year after last transplant.

There is absolutely no health risk whatsoever since the therapy uses your body's own stem cells. There is no risk that your cells will be rejected by your immune system which may be the case if you receive stem cells from sources other than your own body.

None. It uses the patient's own stem cells which will be harvested from the abdomen fat. Furthermore, there will be no issue with regards to matching of stem cells since it is from you and back to you.

Autologous Stem Cell Transplant holds great promise against a wide variety of degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, spinal cord injuries and even aging itself.

Aside from improvement from the disease, its beneficial side effect is rejuvenation in terms of looking younger, feeling stronger and in some patients increased libido.

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