Monthly Archives: August 2021

Regenerative Medicine News and General Information

Cancer Stem Cells in the Gut Influence on Neighbor Cells

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
10
Aug

Malignant stem cells in the gut secrete factors that promote the differentiation of neighboring stem cells, thereby aiding the replacement of normal stem cells by those with cancer-promoting mutations. In recent years there has been growing recognition that the surrounding tissue environment affects the natural selection of these mutation-driven characteristics. The effects of interactions between […]

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Nutrition and Supplements

Could Plant Based Diets Lower Heart Disease Risk?

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
09
Aug

In two separate studies analyzing different measures of healthy plant food consumption, researchers found that both young adults and postmenopausal women had fewer heart attacks and were less likely to develop cardiovascular disease when they ate more healthy plant foods. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Suboptimal diet is […]

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Regenerative Medicine News and General Information

First Stem Cell Drug Approved

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
09
Aug

A stem cell drug was approved for market authorization for the first time in history. Prochymal (remestemcel-L) is also the first drug approved for the treatment of acute graft vs host disease (GvHD) in children. GvHD is a devastating complication of bone marrow transplantation that kills almost 80% of all affected children, many of which […]

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COVID-19

Can an Individual’s Genetics Affect COVID Susceptibility and Severity?

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
09
Aug

Scientists and clinicians have been trying to understand why some people develop severe COVID-19 whereas others barely show any symptoms since the pandemic started. Some risk factors such as age and underlying medical conditions have been identified; however, variations in the human genome are less investigated sources of variability.  Scientists knew that human genetic variants […]

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Regenerative Medicine News and General Information

New Drug Guides Stem Cells to Desired Location

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
06
Aug

A transplanted stem cell’​s​ engagement with a pathologic niche is the first step in its restoration of homeostasis to that site. Inflammatory chemokines are constitutively produced in such a niche; their binding to receptors on the stem cells helps direct the cell’s pathotropism (attraction of drugs or in this case cells toward diseased structures). Neural […]

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Nutrition and Supplements

Drinking Tea and Coffee Decreases Mortality in Diabetes Patients

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
06
Aug

Worldwide, the number of patients with diabetes is increasing in both developed and developing countries. Diabetic patients are at increased risk for classical micro- and macrovascular diseases as well as nonclassical diseases, such as dementia, malignancy and fragility fracture, which affect both quality of life and life expectancy. Recent advances in therapeutics (such as sodium-glucose […]

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Regenerative Medicine News and General Information

Second person cured from HIV with Stem cells

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
06
Aug

Researchers in the United Kingdom have confirmed that a stem cell transplant has cured a second person of HIV.  In 2007, Timothy Ray Brown became the first person ever whom doctors declared to be cured of HIV. At the time, they referred to him as the Berlin patient. After his diagnosis in the 1990s, he […]

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Nutrition and Supplements

Can Black and Green Tea Lower Blood Pressure?

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
05
Aug

Since its initial use in China over 4000 years ago tea has become one of the most commonly consumed beverages worldwide, second only to water. The leaves of the evergreen species Camellia sinensis are used to make the most prevalent caffeinated teas. Since they are produced from the same plant, the differences between tea varieties […]

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Stem Cell Therapy for Specific Conditions

Could Stem Cell Treatment Reverse Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus?

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
05
Aug

In type 1 diabetes (T1D), autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islet b cells reduces an individual’s ability to regulate blood glucose, ultimately resulting in poor blood circulation, heart disease, stroke, infection, kidney failure and often premature death. Every day millions of patients with T1D receive insulin injections to survive, but these injections do nothing to address […]

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Nutrition and Supplements

Fibromyalgia and the use of CBD

Posted on by Francisco Fernandez, MD
05
Aug

Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Researchers believe that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain and spinal cord process painful and non-painful signals. Symptoms often begin after an event, such as physical trauma, surgery, infection or significant psychological stress. In […]

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