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14th Nov 2006, 00:58 GMT

Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research Research data published by the prestigious British Journal of Haematology demonstrates that a patient's own blood has the capacity to assist in the regeneration and repair of a multitude of damaged tissues. The article sited technology developments and the scientific rationale supporting that technology. A novel stem cell population, called Synergetic Cell Population has been discovered and cultured under conditions that mimic the natural body environment where they develop into different cell types, such as blood vessel cells, heart muscle cells and even nerves. The data is promising as it seems that circulating blood has a much wider healing capacity than had previously been thought. Researchers are only just starting to reveal the potential of the blood to generate various functioning cell types. Dr. Valentin Fulga, TheraVitae Ltd's CEO and co- author of the article, added that bringing these results to the scientific community through a peer-reviewed article, was a key step to TheraVitae's strategy of advancing scientific research into adult stem cells and their clinical applications. "We intend to make maximum efforts to offer new hope to patients suffering from diseases that are presently considered to be incurable. We are proud to have had this opportunity to publish our data in a distinguished journal such as the British Journal of Haematology," he said. TheraVitae is a private, multinational company focused on using stem cells from the patient's own blood in order to treat a variety of disorders, especially cardiovascular diseases. The company has already developed a proprietary stem cell technology 'VesCell[TM]' that is currently being used by hospitals in Thailand and Singapore to treat patients with heart disease. With advancements like this just around the corner, one only knows what kind of therapies will prevail from our very own blood supply. Who says familiarity breeds contempt? Familiarly breeds cures, if this one goes the mile! Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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