Regenerative Medicine Adult Stem Cells: The Science Behind the Magic
By JOHN HERMANSDORFER, MD // November 19, 2015
ADULT STEM CELL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU NOW
Regenerative medicine products are built via a combination of three elements: living cells, a matrix to support the living cells (i.e. a scaffold), and cell communicators (or signaling systems) to stimulate the cells, and their surrounding environment to grow and develop into new tissue.
These are special cells in the body that can turn into other types of cells. During the healing process, regenerative cells are called to the area of the body that needs repair. Factors in the area influence the regenerative cells to become repair cells.
Interestingly, the same regenerative cells that repair bone can also repair muscle, tendon, ligament, or cartilage. Of all of the types of cells, regenerative cells have the greatest potential to promote healing.
Regenerative cells are undifferentiated cells found in bone marrow that have the capacity to become bone, muscle, cartilage, ligament and tendon cells. Upon arrival to the injured tissue, regenerative cells take on the characteristics of that host tissue.
This naturally occurring process is the body’s way of initiating the healing cascade. Because of the dramatic healing capabilities of regenerative cells, BioCellular Therapies has developed concise research and methods that will deliver an increased number of these cells, millions versus thousands, to injured tissue, thereby enhancing the healing process.
Isolating Adult Stem Cells
Using the body’s natural T- Cells for the tissue regenerative property which is highly concentrated in bone marrow. Isolating adult stem cells from a variety of tissues in addition to the blood allows for the ability to create a systematic approach, and specifically crafted treatment plan created specific to each patient.
It is understood that no two people are the same. Hence why we take the time to research and find out every detail of each patient. With our state of the art technology, and research we strive to create the best treatment plan. Upon countless hours of research our doctors do an in depth patient history, and develop the best plan possible for you.
Understanding Adult Stem Cells
ASC stands for adult stem cell. The adult stem cell can renew itself and can differentiate to yield some or all of the major specialized cell types of the tissue or organ. The primary roles of adult stem cells in a living organism are to maintain and repair the tissue in which they are found. This is only found in adults.
Where Are ASCS?
Adult stem cells have been found in the brain, bone marrow, blood vessels, skeletal muscle, and other organs and tissues. They are in specific areas of each tissue, where they may remain dormant for years, dividing and creating new cells only when they are activated by tissue injury, disease or anything else that makes the body need more cells.
How Do We Get ASCS
Adult stem cells can be isolated from the body in different ways, depending on the tissue. Mesenchymal stem cells, which can make bone, cartilage, fat, fibrous connective tissue, and cells that support the formation of blood can also be isolated from bone marrow. Which is considered to be he most nutrient in the body of ASCs.
Focus Is On Cures
Regenerative medicine includes tissue engineering but also incorporates research on self-healing – where the body uses its own systems, sometimes with help foreign biological material to recreate cells and rebuild tissues and organs. The focus is on cures instead of treatments for complex, often chronic, diseases.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. John Hermansdorfer specializes in reconstructive surgery of the upper extremities, but is also adept with a variety of arthroscopic and general orthopedic procedures, including arthroscopy of the knee. After graduation from the University of Kentucky Medical School, Hermansdorfer completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Univerisity of Florida and received fellowship training in hand surgery at the Indiana Center for Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand in Indianapolis. He has also been awarded a certificate of added qualification in surgery of the hand by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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