SCIENCE – Stem Cell Therapy Washington

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Researching Stem Cells on your own can be very frustrating and overwhelming. The world of stem cell research is exploding and the number of publications is going into the 100 thousands. So we are trying to make it easier here for you.

NIH currently has over 6600 studies on stem cells.

Introduction:

Regenerative medicine is a field of medical research developing treatments to repair or re-grow specific tissue in the body.There is a rising body of studies that reveals the power of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Stem cells are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including: osteoblasts (bone cells),chondrocytes(cartilage cells),myocytes (muscle cells), adipocytes (fat cells), neural cells. liver cells, heart muscle cells and many more. This phenomenon has been documented in many specific cells and tissues in living animals and their counterparts growing in laboratory tissue culture. Most Human Tissue has a rapid turnover rate. It is the availability of stem cells that assists in this process of regeneration. However with advanced age, your stem cells also age and proliferate much slower. In order to rejuvenatethis process stem cell therapy becomes necessary.

Amniotic Membranes have been used in clinical practice for over a century. Mainly, it was used in surgery as a biological coating. The first reported treatment with the amniotic membrane was performed in 1910 by J. Devis for the closing of skin defects. Since at least 1974 we have know about the power of umbilical cord healing cells. The umbilical cord stem cell injections became more common since 2000 and we are now almost 20 years into the clinical application of these MSCs in humans. Umbilical cord stem cells were initially only used in treating patients with joint problems. It was soon discovered that they contain naturally developing anti-inflammatory agents that actually do much more than stimulation of tissue repair. There have been no reports of patient rejection recorded so far. It is estimated that more than 500,000 injections have been used on patients without any cases of rejection or serious adverse side effects.

Stem cells currently are derived from several sources: amniotic, umbilical cord stem cells and adult stem cells. Adult stem cells are undifferentiated multipotent cells, found throughout the body, usually derived from bone marrow or adipose tissue.Kitsap Stemcells only uses mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue. No stem cells are ever obtained from embryonic or fetal sources!

Amniotic membrane and cord blood derived tissue matrix presents as an excellent collagen scaffold, presentingwith active Collagen Types I, II, III, IV, V, and VII together with fibronectin and laminin, natural hyaluronic acid, fibroblasts, growth factors, cytokines, exosomes, alpha2macroglobulin, miRNA, and a wide spectrum of growth factors.

Selected Articles:

Umbilical cord stem cell: an overview.

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For the latest REVIEWS on MSC research check here!

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