by Dr. Mark Rudderham, Cell Med Clinics, Inc.

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The use of your own adult stem cells have no ethical or moral issue. They pose no possibility for rejection since they come from your own body. According to various studies, stem cells isolated from a patient (i.e. from the bone marrow or fat) have the ability to become different cell types (i.e. nerve cells, liver cells, heart cells and cartilage cells). Studies have also shown that these are capable of “homing in” on and repairing damaged tissue. Our adult stem cell therapy patient experience at Cell Med Clinics, Inc.’s Scottsdale, Arizona facility is confirming the reported studies.

Discussion:

Adult Stem Cells (ASC), found throughout the body, multiply by cell division to replenish dying cells and regenerate damaged tissue. Due to ASCs ability to self-renew indefinitely, they not only promise to have spectacular medical implications, but are helping many people today right here in the USA at a some leading regenerative medicine clinics such as Cell Med Clinics in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) are of greatest interest clinically due to their ability to regenerate a variety of tissue types including organ tissue.

Super athletes like Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant have been reported to attribute some of their recent rapid recoveries from troubling injuries to Adult Stem Cell therapy sought in Europe. Lesser known even by many superstar athletes is that effective adult stem cell therapy, at substantially lower cost than going abroad, is now available in the US. Many athletes, executives and others are benefiting from adult stem cell medicine right in the USA.

Our model Cell Med Clinic in Arizona is one such facility performing adult stem cell (ASC) therapy with an emphasis on developing leading pre-stem cell and post-stem cell therapy protocols to improve outcomes. Under a microscope, this is what an ASC looks like: 

What Exactly is Adult Stem Cell Therapy?Adult stem cells can be harvested from your bone marrow, fat tissue, peripheral blood and elsewhere in your body. This harvesting procedure is legal in the United States and Canada.

Same day ASC therapy involving harvesting of adult stem cells primarily from your fat or bone marrow tissue, isolating beneficial stem cells, activating these stem cells, and re-infusing them by targeted injection or IV therapy is allowed in the US when represented and performed properly. Cell Med Clinics perform fat derived Adipose Adult Stem Cell Therapy (AASCT) under FDA reviewed Investigative Review Board procedures for conditions where there is significant science based evidence of the safety and efficacy of these treatments. Our clinic experience is confirming the amazing healing power of a patient’s own stem cells for a variety of conditions.

This AASCT therapy was developed overseas but is being perfected herein the US by surrounding AASCT therapy with complimentary treatments. AASCT is proving very safe, and in many cases, but not all, very effective. Evidence is showing AASCT therapy is the least invasive method of harvesting (extracting) substantial ASC populations, large enough in fact that there is no need for the expensive and controversial laboratory processing part of many offshore stem cell clinic procedures, which are then easily separated from other cell types before re-introducing to the patient. This AASCT method of ASC treatment is by far the safest and most cost effective method known today.

Reintroducing your stem cells after lab processing (generally a 2 to 3 week procedure in offshore stem cell clinics) is not yet legal in the United States outside of controlled FDA approved clinical studies. Stem cell clinics offering processed and amplified stem cell therapy is available as a walk-in procedure in foreign countries including Germany, Korea, some Caribbean nations, Panama, the Middle East and elsewhere. The protocol practiced in these offshore clinics involve harvesting your stem cells, sending them to a lab (often not part of the clinic and sometimes not in same country) where they are purified, assessed for quality, and multiplied. They are then returned to the treating clinic for reintroduction to the patient. Since the stem cells come from the patient, there is no possibility for rejection as with donor adult stem cells or modified embryonic stem cells. Many of these clinics do not use the patient’s own stem cells but rather use 3rd party donor ASCs. Use of 3rd party ASCs is not the preferred approach and could potentially cause long-term harm. The risk of rejection or mutation is always of concern when foreign matter is introduced to a patient.

ASCs Are Not All The Same

ASC potency has five strengths or definitions.

1. Totipotent (a.k.a omnipotent) stem cells can differentiate into embryonic and extraembryonic cell types. Such cells can construct a complete, viable, organism. These cells are produced from the fusion of an egg and sperm cell. Cells produced by the first few divisions of the fertilized egg are also totipotent.
2. Pluripotent stem cells are the descendants of totipotent cells and can differentiate into nearly all cells.
3. Multipotent stem cells can differentiate into a number of cells, but only those of a closely related family of cells.
4. Oligopotent stem cells can differentiate into only a few cells, such as lymphoid or myeloid stem cells.
5. Unipotent cells can produce only one cell type, their own, but have the property of self-renewal which distinguishes them from non-stem cells (e.g. muscle stem cells).

Adult stem cell treatments have been successfully used for many years to treat various diseases. Exaggerated claims seem widespread so caution is warranted, especially for vulnerable late disease stage patients.

Adult stem cells have also been widely used for decades in veterinary medicine to treat tendon and ligament injuries in horses. In the past 10 years, availability for this same day procedure in the US for human musculoskeletal injuries and degeneration has increased with stem cell clinics operating quietly in at least a half dozen states today.

DISCLAIMER ON THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM: We are not satisfied that the science has evolved sufficiently to justify the use of stem cell therapy for many of the conditions listed in the following “Potential uses of Stem cells” diagram. Be cautious when considering experimental ASC treatments for a wide range of serious degenerative conditions as there may be some practitioners emerging outside the US and within the US who are not patient benefit focused professionals and who may be financially motivated and therefore prone to over-recommend ASC treatments. Also be aware that the impact of ASC treatment is never immediate, as it generally takes 4 or more months to assess whether ASC therapy is proving beneficial. This is particularly why the surrounding treatment plan and overall patient protocol is so important, and also why, when done correctly, regenerative medicine makes it difficult to isolate the exact treatment elements that stimulate patient improvement. FDA clinical trial protocol does not allow for use of a dynamic regenerative medicine approach to patient care.

No Negative Moral Issue Surrounding Adult Stem Cell Therapy – Efficacy and Affordability are the Only Issues

The use of your own adult stem cells have no ethical or moral issue. They pose no possibility for rejection since they come from your own body. According to various studies, stem cells isolated from a patient (i.e. from the bone marrow or fat) have the ability to become different cell types (i.e. nerve cells, liver cells, heart cells and cartilage cells). Studies have also shown that these are capable of “homing in” on and repairing damaged tissue. Our adult stem cell therapy patient experience at Cell Med Clinics, Inc.’s Scottsdale, Arizona facility is confirming the reported studies.

For more introductory stem cell information visit the interesting stem cell articles and information on Online Wellness Community by clicking here. Also visit www.CellMedClinics.com.