Affordable Stem Cell Theraphy in Mexico

WHAT IS A STEM CELL?

A stem cell is like a brick. It is the main component of all the tissues of the body. A stem cell has the capability to divide itself many times, renewing itself for long periods. It has the ability to turn into a specialized cell, according to the cells that surround it. It can change for example, into a myocyte (heart), a neuron (brain), hepatocyte (liver), ect.

Stem Cells are responsible for
Development of the human body since conception
Replacement of millions of cells that die every day, from the beginning to the end of our lives.

WHY ARE STEM CELLS SO IMPORTANT?

According to the Mayo Clinic, Stem Cells are the "New Frontier of Medicine". Their ability to repair the cells of tissues damaged by diseases, accidents or other causes, has originated a new medical field called "The Regerative Medicine".
Cellular therapy consists in replacing damaged cells with new ones, taking advantage of the "plasticity" of the stem cells. Plasticity is the capacity of stem cells to transform themselves into another type of cell. Strong evidence plus recent publications show positive results.

WHERE ARE STEM CELLS LOCATED?

There are three main known sources of stem cells:

Embryonic stem cells are obtained from an embryo in its first days of life. Although they have an enormous capacity of division and specialization, their use has strong ethical and religious concerns, due to the fact that it is necessary to destroy the human embryo to obtain the stem cells.

Adult stem cells are usually obtained from bone marrow or peripheral blood, using a specialized procedure;. Bone marrow transplants have successfully been used for many years in severe hematological diseases where a compatible donor was found. These adult stem cells, obtained from the patient, after a complex purification and concentration procedure, are used. There is no ethical or rejection problem, due to the fact that they belong to the own patients's body.

Umbilical cord stem cells are obtained from the cord and placenta, normally discarded immediately after delivery. Due to the fact that there are no ethical concerns, even the vatican has accepted medical research and therapy with these cells. Storing these cells at very low temperatures allows them to be used after many years. There is no rejection of the cells when used in the same persona, and some have and are being used in compatible direct relatives.

WHERE DO STEM CELLS COME FROM?

A human being is the product of the fertilization of a male spermatozoid cell and a feminine sexual cell called an ovum. This mixture produces one cell called zygote, it can make the whole human person. The zygote is totipotent, that means that its potential is complete to produce all the cells. After fertilization, in the first hours, the zygote divides itself in totipotent identical cells and any of those cells implanted in the female uterus, has the potential to become a fetus. In fact, identical twins come from the division of two totipotent cells that turn into two genetically identical human bodies.

HOW MANY TYPES OF STEM CELLS ARE THERE?

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF STEM CELLS

Totipotent: Cells with the ability to make a complete human body. They exist only very few days after fertilization until the zygote has divided in sixteen cells
Pluripotent: Cells in the inner mass of the embryo, in the blastocyst phase. They are capable of producing any type of cells or tissue like musculare or epithelial, These are known as embryonic stem cells.
Multipotent: Cells either in the umbilical cord or in the adult bone marrow. They form the cells of the surrounding tissue in order to renew it. Multipotent stem cells are the only ones used in our cases.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ADULT STEM CELLS?

Adult stem cells have two important advantages. First there is no compatibility problem because the same person is the donor and the receptor of the cells. Secondly, adult stem cells have some degree of differentiation, making it easier for the specialist to separate them and direct them to the tissue where they need to be implanted, compared with embryonic stem cells.

There is also no ethical concern with their employment. There are some doubts whether stem cells are capable to turn into any type of cell. Day to day we have new scientific evidence on this topic. Now due to the versality and therapeutic success of adult stem cells over embryonic cells their use and subsecuent success is rapidly growing.

WHAT DISEASES CAN BENEFIT WITH THE USE OF STEM CELLS?

There is published medical evidence of stem cell therapy in the following fields:

Nervous System, cerebral infarct (coritcal), Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Brain Hypoxia.
Myocardial Infarction. Cardiac tissue regeration by stem cells injection either in coronary arteries or directly into the infarcted cardiac muscle Atherosclerotic Ischemic Disease of the legs
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Regeneration of liver and renal tissues

Stem Cells are linked with the origins and development of mankind. Stem cells are throughout the human body replacing cells that die every day. Unfortunately in certain diseases more cells are needed and this is just not enough.
The use of embryonic stem cells creates great controversy due to the fact that it's use carries the termination of a just conceived human life. The Vatican and the Congress of the United States of America strongly reject the use of these cells, especially after scientific publications of their benefits.

In our facilities (The Galenia Hospital and the Brazzini Institue), we do not use embryonic stem cells. We use adult stem cells, which are in great quantities in bone marrow, where they are constantly renewed. Around the world, the principles and rules that have oriented the stem cell therapy is to try to cure the patients. This is the goal or the milestone of medicine. This is of great importance in diseases with great suffering or limitations that affect the patients quality of life.

Considering this scenario, we consider it ethical to offer this therapy, but always suggesting that this is not a cure but a relief of the suffering of the patient that can improve the quality of life . We will not state how long the effects will last, but our patients have shown an improvement between 15 and 18% ,, most of them above 50%.

We are very serious in our care and concern and or follow up of our patients. For that reason we provide free follow up consultations for two months post procedure. After a period of between 3 and 6 months, new neurons begin to appear. These new neurons need to integrate with the other surrounding neurons through neurotransmitters. We will follow up with our International Patients to answer questions and to offer suggestions

In patients with Parkinson and type 2 Diabetes mellitus, the simultaneous injections of stem cells in the pancreatic circulation has carried a lowering of blood glucose levels, very close to normal values. In two patients with severe arterial disease of the legs, with cold feet and enormous pain that were going to be amputated, the stem cells therapy produced an important improvement in arterial blood flow and saved their legs from amputation.