What Type Of Stem Cells Exists?
This is a question that I am often asked, and something that I feel is very important to discuss when giving a lecture. In the field of stem cell medicine we deal mainly with five types of stem cells. These types of stem cells are given the following terms. 1. Embryonic stem cells 2. Hematopoietic stem cells 3. IPS cells or induced pluripotential stem cells 4. Adult mesenchymal stem cells 5. Various other (more specific) types of stem cells.
Each of these cells has their strong points and their drawbacks. Unfortunately since stem cell science is ...
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Why are Antioxidants Important?
Mexico City Lecture
Hyperbaric Oxygen
Hyperbaric oxygen is becoming more and more common yet it very much misunderstood. Typically when someone is asked how hyperbaric oxygen works the answer is almost uniformly that it increases the amount of oxygen to the tissue. This answer is given by both physicians and lay people. This seems to be a likely answer. It makes since that if we give more oxygen to an area it will increase healing. Well this is a trick question that almost everyone gets wrong. Although we need oxygen to survive, too much oxygen can cause damage to the tissues. So ...
<< MORE >>Just As Was Mentioned In The Movie The Graduate "The Future Is Plastics"
Many people out there may remember the movie THE GRADUATE. One of the famous quotes of the movie was when young Benjamin was told by Mr. McGuire that "the future is plastics". You might ask yourself what does this have to do with stem cells? Well plastics can pertain to the stem cell world on two different levels. We know that certain cells in the bone marrow are attracted to plastic. However in this case we are not discussing this aspect.
What we are discussing is the concept of plasticity. By this we ...
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The Use of Regenerative Photonic Therapy
Electricity and Stem Cells
Does electricity make a difference for stem cells? We have been intrigued by electricity and its use in the body for centuries. I first became aware of the use of electricity in the field of stem cells with my work with the Bionicare brace. The Bionicare brace was created at Johns Hopkins Univ. and the Univ. of Pennsylvania. The research was performed by Dr. Carl Brighton and Dr. Hungerford. Dr. Brighton initially taught us the concept of ...
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I just returned from a short trip to the Dominican Republic lecturing to over 300 orthopedic doctors on the use of stem cells and PRP for orthopedic problems. I must admit that the interest was overwhelming. Apparently stem cells and PRP is a hot topic in the D.R. We must realize that baseball is the king in the D.R. I would say that the interest in baseball far surpasses the interest for the NFL in the ...
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