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Life stem cell therapy Purtier
9 years old girl benefited from deer placenta.

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Habib Torfi and stem cell therapy at Invitrx Therapeutics
Stem Cell Therapy.

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Freeport, The Bahamas (PRWEB) July 09, 2013

Okyanos Heart Institute, whose mission it is to bring a new standard of care and better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease using cardiac stem cell therapy, has announced that Antonio Colombo, M.D., F.A.C.C. has joined the esteemed group of Okyanos medical advisory council members. Dr. Colombo is director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Columbus Hospital and chief of invasive cardiology at San Raffaele Hospital, both in Milan, Italy, and is a visiting professor of medicine at Columbia Medical Center in New York, USA.

Dr. Colombo is a pioneer of the coronary stent placement concept, and he helped define the role of intravascular ultrasound in stent placement. In addition, he was the principal investigator for a cardiac stem cell therapy trial at San Raffaele Hospital, which treated patients with chronic angina.

Okyanos Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr. stated, Dr. Colombo is a leading innovator in cardiology. I welcome his contribution to Okyanos Heart Institutes goal of providing patients the highest standard of safety and care possible with the Okyanos treatment.

The use of adult stem cells derived from adipose (fat) tissue to treat coronary artery disease is an important innovation in cardiovascular care, said Colombo. I am pleased to be able to collaborate with the other members of the Okyanos medical advisory council and Dr. Walpole in bringing this new treatment option to those patients whom we believe it may benefit.

Dr. Colombos research has culminated in multiple publications in some of the most prestigious cardiology journals in the U.S. and Europe. In addition, he is very active in multiple medical societies such as the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Colombo is also on the editorial boards of major journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs.

We are delighted to have the accomplished Dr. Colombo actively participating in the Okyanos medical advisory council, which already includes thought leaders such as Dr. Eric Duckers, Dr. Farrell Mendelsohn, and Dr. Leslie Miller, says Okyanos CEO Matt Feshbach. Okyanos is committed to bringing together key opinion leaders in cardiology and cardiac stem cell therapy to ensure that patients suffering from chronic coronary artery disease are treated safely and effectively with their own adult stem cells.

About Okyanos Heart Istitue: (Oh key AH nos)

Based in Freeport, The Bahamas, Okyanos Heart Institutes mission is to bring a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease using cardiac stem cell therapy. Okyanos adheres to U.S. surgical center standards and is led by Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.A.I. Okyanos Treatment utilizes a unique blend of stem and regenerative cells derived from ones own adipose (fat) tissue. The cells, when placed into the heart via a minimally-invasive catheterization, stimulates the growth of new blood vessels, a process known as angiogenesis. The treatment facilitates blood flow in the heart and supports intake and use of oxygen (as demonstrated in rigorous clinical trials such as the PRECISE trial). The literary name Okyanos (Oceanos) symbolizes flow. For more information, go to http://www.okyanos.com/.

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Professor Antonio Colombo Named to Okyanos Heart Institute’s Medical Advisory Council for Stem Cell Therapy

by Rappler.com Posted on 07/09/2013 9:42 PM |Updated 07/10/2013 1:18 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Everyone is talking about stem cell therapy. But scammers and swindlers are also taking advantage of the fad, prompting the Health Department to step in. Buena Bernal reports.

Its the new medical buzzword in the Philippines. Stem cell therapy is a procedure which uses repair cells found in the body to replace old cells. Dr Florencio Lucero started doing the procedure 6 years ago.

DR FLORENCIO LUCERO, STEM CELL TRANSPLANT SURGEON: Stem cells can help degenerative diseases. Some people who have serious illnesses, and they cannot find any solution to their condition, they seek this kind of treatment, because it can improve their condition. But not a cure. It cannot cure.

Pilar Vazquez who went through a mild stroke says she felt energized after undergoing the treatment.

PILAR VAZQUEZ, STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENT: Stem cell is very good. I did not feel pain or what. Everything is very good. Before, I dont [always] talk. Now, I always talk. Thats a very good difference, because now they say, Ay si Mommy, ang galing galing niyan, parating nagsasalita!

But stem cell therapy became controversial after 3 government officials allegedly died from the treatment, while another official filed charges against his German doctor for his botched treatment last year. Food and Drug Administration director Dr. Kenneth Hartigan Go says right now, stem cell therapy is allowed but under investigation.

DR KENNETH HARTIGAN-GO, DIRECTOR, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: We are keeping an objective mind and saying, okay, if this is investigational, go ahead. And then we have to see outcome, say, within a period of a time whether the product actually works or not.

The Department of Health cautions the public from engaging in prohibited forms of the treatment -- those that are performed outside accredited facilities and those that source stem cells from human embryos. Health Secretary Enrique Ona says he does not want to stifle the innovation but there must be regulation.

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Stem Cell Therapy Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Dr Alok Sharma, Mumbai, India. Part 2
Improvement seen in just 3 months after Stem Cell Therapy Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Dr Alok Sharma, Mumbai, India. After Stem Cell Therapy...

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July 04, 2013

Two men with HIV have been off AIDS drugs for several months after receiving stem-cell transplants for cancer that appear to have cleared the virus from their bodies, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Both patients, who were treated in Boston and had been on long-term drug therapy to control their HIV, received stem-cell transplants after developing lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Since the transplants, doctors have been unable to find any evidence of HIV infection, Timothy Henrich of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston told an International AIDS Society conference in Kuala Lumpur.

While it is too early to say for sure that the virus has disappeared from their bodies altogether, one patient has now been off antiretroviral drug treatment for 15 weeks and the other for seven weeks.

Last July Henrich first reported that the two men had undetectable levels of HIV in their blood after their stem-cell treatment, but at that time they were still taking medicines to suppress HIV.

Using stem-cell therapy is not seen as a viable option for widespread use, since it is extremely expensive, but the latest cases could open new avenues for fighting the disease, which infects about 34 million people worldwide.

The latest cases resemble that of Timothy Ray Brown, known as "the Berlin patient", who became the first person to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant for leukaemia in 2007. There are, however, important differences.

While Brown's doctor used stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation, known as CCR5 delta 32, which renders people virtually resistant to HIV, the two Boston patients received cells without this mutation.

"Dr. Henrich is charting new territory in HIV eradication research," Kevin Robert Frost, chief executive officer of the Foundation for AIDS Research, which funded the study, said in a statement.

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