My News 2: saving your life with stem cells
Wednesday MN2: Adult Stem Cells (Added: November 18, 2009)
Dr. Barber with Cenegenics Carolinas joins MN2 to talk about adult stem cells. (more)Imagine being able to save your own life if you became sick with cancer or another deadly disease. More people are preserving their own stem cells in order to fight future illnesses. Dr. Mickey Barber with Cenegenics Carolinas joined me on My News 2 to talk about what makes stem cells so special and how simple the process is.
Learn more: www.cenegenics.com
Release from Cenegenics:
Stem cells can be used for the treatment of more than more than 70 diseases; they hold the promise of treating and regenerating damage from degenerative processes and diseases.
Increasingly, adults are showing interest in preserving stem cells, particularly for regenerative purposes. When patients use their own cells, they avoid the risk of rejection and "Graft-versus-host disease", a serious life threatening immune response that occurs in a person who receives someone else's stem cells. The match availability at stem cells bank is less than 50 percent while a patient’s chance of their own matching is 96%.
With just a single blood draw to obtain the stem cells, Cenegenics Carolinas patients’ can preserve the stem cells that may be beneficial in the future if a patient is diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease. Cenegenics Carolinas is the only medical facility in South Carolina and the Southeast offering adult stem cell preservation. They have provided this service for several local and out of town patients.
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