Science of Regenerative Medicine
CELLULAR INTELLIGENCE
The human body is a remarkable organism. It consists of many trillions of individual cells that have the ability to communicate with one another in a very precise way.
At any one moment in time, countless pieces of information are being transmitted from cell to cell. These intracellular signals not only help to determine how we feel and function, but they also have a profound impact on the body’s natural ability to heal itself…
DNA AND THE AGEING PROCESS
When our bodies are in a youthful state, our cells communicate in a healthy manner, as determined by our genes. These are the functioning part of our DNA, and they map everything about us.
They determine the enzymes, the growth factors and the hormones such as testosterone and oestrogen, which we need in order to grow, to develop and to maintain stable health…
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND STEM CELL THERAPY
When our cells are injured or dying they send out distress signals. For example, immune cells are known to secrete protein messengers known as cytokines.
Regenerative cells – of which stem cells are the most important – are able to recognise these types of signals and react accordingly. Hence, they can settle inflammation, regulate and modify the immune system…
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Scientific research into stem cells and their properties stretches back for over 40 years. However, humankind appears to have been aware of the regenerative properties of certain substances for many millennia.
Hippocrates recorded that in the 4th century BC, doctors attempted to treat burns using rendered fatty tissue, which we now know to be rich in regenerative cells…