Stem Cells from Fat Help in Blood Circulation Disorders and Scleroderma
New study shows high therapeutic potential of stem cells from body fat Vienna (2014-10-07) — In a recently published study from Marseille 12 patients who suffered from circulatory problems in the fingers (Raynaud’s phenomenon) underwent promising treatment with the body’s own (autologous) stem cells. The circulatory disorders were caused by the autoimmune connective tissue disease […]
Can we soon heal wounds without scarring and regrow limbs like the newts?
As a child I was fascinated by the colorful world of newts. These relatives of frogs spend the spring and summer in the water of ponds and pools to mate and lay eggs there. The males then look like little water dragons with their jagged back combs. At that time we were boys we were […]
Promotion of wound healing using stem cells from body fat?
Stem cell research is conquering many areas of medicine. In diseases where modern medicine has reached its limits the potential of the healing powers of the body’s own stem cells is explored. We have now evidence that the stem cells derived from adipose tissue can be used in the treatment of wound healing disorders. The […]
Hair Loss Prevention with Stem Cells?
Regularly younger men come into my office who do not want to look like their fathers at 40 – with a (semi-)bald head. To prevent hair loss they have their scalp treated with stem cells. For this purpose, a small portion of the patient’s fat is extracted first under local anesthesia, from which the stem […]
Stem Cells – Medicine of the Future?
Researchers see great therapeutic potential for stem cells obtained from fat tissue Vienna (2013-12-04) — Stem cells obtained from harvested fat apparently have an almost inexhaustible potential for therapeutic applications: The treatment of joint problems and arthritis with stem cells from autologous fat is currently the subject of a study being carried out in Germany […]