Stem cells treatment

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It sounds awesome, but given the fact that stem cells treatments is still in the research phase in other countries and people participating in the trails have to take anti-rejection drugs I am a bit skeptical about it. Espcially since the website also says that it focuses on anti-age treatments.
 
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Indie1

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I think it is different from "islet cell transplant", because stem-cells are produced from your own cells and thus do not cause rejection, at least this is how I understand it, but it looks too good to be true..
 
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Well my original beta cells were made from my own stem cells & my immune system still killed them off. I have a lot of GAD antibodies. My immune system is primed to kill off any beta cell whether from a foreign body (transplant) or from my own stem cells - they will only last so long. It would only be respite, unless there was a cycle of harvesting stem cells, creating beta cells & replacing as quickly as my immune system was killing them off - sounds unsustainably expensive? Unless/until there are leaps forward with stem cell therapy.
 
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I don't know anything about that company, but I do know that I watched a programme a while back about stem cell scams. People paid a lot of money to be cured of things like MS and spinal injuries - and it didn't work.
 
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funny thing today, my consultant said that within ten years this will be available, he implied that it would need 6 monthly top ups, perhaps because our immune systems will kill the new cells
 
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pinewood

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Ewan1 said:
funny thing today, my consultant said that within ten years this will be available, he implied that it would need 6 monthly top ups, perhaps because our immune systems will kill the new cells
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My consultant said exactly the same thing! He even mentioned 6-monthly top-ups. Wonder if they got a memo haha.
 
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hi

I've been send a company called Swiss medica they claim to cure or improve diabetes thought T cells what do you think?
 
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Daibell

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I think we need more information. There is a lot of research going on but I'm not aware of anything yet that can cure or improve diabetes thru T-cells?
 
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If they are actually offering treatment, rather than just discussing things they're working on, then I'd say it's a scam. If there was a new wonder treatment available I'm sure some of the very clued up folk on this forum would know about it and would have been shouting it from the rooftops
 
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@Fayefaye1429 I don't know anything about this company, but there have been plenty of stories of similar companies who treated a huge range of illnesses (because stem cells are that easy - NOT) with no results. People with MS or spinal injuries have paid out thousands of pounds and were not cured.

Google stem cell scams.
 
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