What Are Stem Cells? Why Are They So Important? Part 1

http://AmaRegenMed.com We specialize here in Integrative Medicine and Regenerative Medicine. We are privileged to be doing all sorts of exciting mesenchymal stem cell research and also treating patients with stem cell therapies. Stem cells and what do they do is the subject of this presentation. I intend to condense a lot of sophisticated science into simple language to give you an overview of mesenchymal stem cells. What are stem cells? What do stem cells do? Where do stem cells come from? Why are stem cells important? What are the uses of stem cells and how we use them to give people much better and healthier lives? Let’s get on with stem cells and why they are so important. The best way to start a conversation about stem cells is to ask the very simple question. What is health? In Western modern medicine that we are all familiar with in Europe and in the United States the industry of medicine is really focused on disease. It really isn’t focused on health. In fact, it doesn’t really even define it let alone find ways to augment it or to accelerate it or to promote it. It so happens that stem cells deal both with disease and with giving us optimal health. The stem cell is in fact the engine of that regeneration and is why they are so important. It’s the stem cell that has the ability to replace those dying cells with new cells. In fact, every organ in your body is filled with stem cells that have become the cells in charge of regenerating that organ. In the liver there are liver stem cells that regenerate new liver cells and in your kidneys and your vasculature, etc. All over your body there are stem cells specializing in different organs. Here is that same picture of the stem cell. I wanted you to look at it again more carefully. This is a mesenchymal stem cell, or MSC, that is extracted out of umbilical cords. You will see that the cell has little bumps on it. Those little bubbles all over the surface. These are vesicles and those vesicles are filled with all sorts of magical, signaling molecules. Cytokines and things like that, that play a very important role in what the stem cells can do for us and how they function in our bodies. What is the promise of Regenerative Medicine? Number one, to cure disease. There are many diseases that afflict our population that modern medicine doesn’t cure, it manages. For instance, diabetes, you don’t cure diabetes, you manage it. You manage it with insulin. Well, Regenerative Medicine has a different perspective. That diseases should be able to be stopped or reversed. Regenerative Medicine and the use of stem cells in stem cell therapies play an important role in that. Number two, optimal health. That thing, that modern medicine doesn’t deal with, our health, defining it, augmenting it, promoting it, accelerating it. Regenerative Medicine does exactly that. Last but not least, longevity. If you could keep your organs young you could live a lot longer. It’s really that simple. Back to stem cells and why they are so important. What is a stem cell? Here we have a slide of stem cells. Two critical characteristics define what a stem cell is. Number one, it is in fact what we call an immortal cell. It’s going to be around a long time and while it’s hanging around it has two things it can do. It is self renewing. It can in fact duplicate itself precisely. So that new cell that was the daughter cell of the stem cell is an exact duplicate of the stem cell itself. It can also differentiate. Which means it can turn into an organ cell. An adult differentiated organ cell also known as a somatic cell. If we have a stem cell in the liver and the liver needs a new cell, that stem cell is going to pop out into two. One of them is going to be a duplicate of the original and the other one is going to be that new liver cell that the body needs. #StemCellsExplained #StemCells #StemCellResearch AMA Regenerative Medicine & Skincare Alice Pien, MD Asher Milgrom, PhD Orange County / South Coast Metro 949-428-4500 1570 Brookhollow Drive Santa Ana, CA 92705 Beverly Hills / Los Angeles 310-460-2444 6310 San Vicente Blvd. Suite 285 Los Angeles, CA 90048 LEARN MORE ABOUT STEM CELL THERAPY What are stem cells and how do they work http://www.amaskincare.com/what-are-stem-cells-and-how-do-they-work/ The current state of stem cell research, it’s applications and potential http://www.amaskincare.com/the-current-state-of-stem-cell-research-its-applications-and-potential/ What properties are unique to all stem cells? http://www.amaskincare.com/what-properties-are-unique-to-all-stem-cells/ What are embryonic stem cells? http://www.amaskincare.com/what-are-embryonic-stem-cells/ SCHEDULE A FREE STEM CELL THERAPY CONSULTATION WITH OUR DOCTORS http://www.amaskincare.com/free-consultation-youtube/