“PRP contains powerful growth factors that aid in the healing and regeneration of soft tissue”
: “Platelet rich plasma has a protracted history of being applied in dentistry, reconstructive surgery and orthopedic medicine. Platelet rich plasma was first used in cardiac surgery by Ferari etal. Platelet rich plasma is a method of delivering growth factors to specific injury or repair sites. Growth factors are instrumental in soft tissue healing and repair. Platelets not only control clotting of blood, but are known to release growth factors that promote the healing process.
Platelets are the smallest cells in the blood and are essential for blood clotting and injury healing. Platelets are specialized types of blood cells that initiate tissue healing. Platelets are the cells in the blood that help tissue to heal and grow new cells. Platelets are among the specific cells that the body uses to heal, along with stem cells and natural growth factors. Growth factors are short protein chain molecules made by many cells in your body.
Growth factors are chemicals that signal the body to initiate a healing response. Platelets are rich in growth factors including PDGF, VEGF, EDGF, TGF-beta and IGF-1. Growth factors that help build new blood supply to the area are also increased in number. Growth factors
are small peptides that bind to membrane receptors and promote downstream biologic pathways. Platelets are nature’s reservoirs of proteins, peptides, and other compounds that facilitate healing.
Platelets are what helps to prevent clotting of blood and facilitate healing of wounds. Platelets are a specialized type of blood cell that are involved in injury healing. Platelets are those cells in your body responsible for wound healing. Platelets are separated from other blood cells during a process called centrifugation. Platelets may be small in size but they are an intricate part of the body’s healing process.
Platelets are non-nucleated cytoplasmic bodies derived from megakaryocyte precursors. Platelets are carefully concentrated under strict guidelines for sterility and quality control. Treatment may require a series of injections, perhaps three to five. Treatment is safe, non-surgical, and doesn’t even use drugs. Injections are usually spaced anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks apart.
Pain may be controlled with medications such as acetaminophen or other analgesics. Procedure is routinely performed in the office or after surgery in the operating room. Procedure is less aggressive and less expensive than surgery. Procedure is done on an outpatient basis and the majority of patients are up and moving within 24 hours.
Collagen is a protein produced by your body to give tissues, like your skin, strength and elasticity. Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue and the most abundant protein in our bodies.”
“The progenitor cells of all our tissue, Stem Cells are able to differentiate into new functional tissue”
“Stem cells are primitive cells that are the basis of other types of cells. Stem cells are the cells from which all other cells originate. Stem cells are undifferentiated “mother” cells that mature into more specialized cells. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells found in multicellular organisms. Stem cells are unique cells with the great ability to become various types of cells. Stem cells are relatively primitive cells that have the ability to divide rapidly to produce more specialized cells.
Stem cell is the cell from which all blood cells develop. Blood cells are essential to life. Stem cells are master cells that have the potential of becoming any type of cell in the body. Stem cells are the foundation cells for every organ, tissue and cell in the body. Adult stem cells are considered to be an undifferentiated cell, located among differentiated cells in an organ or tissue. Stem cells are regenerative cells that can differentiate into multiple cell types to form new functional tissue. Stem cells are a renewable source of tissue that can be coaxed to become different cell types of the body.
Adult stem cells that aid in the repair of damages tissue are multipotent, mesenchymal stem cells. Adult stem cells are multipotent stem cells. Adult stem cells are not mere substitutes for embryonic stem cells, and vice versa. Stem cells can also be found in small numbers in various tissues in the fetal and adult body. Stem cells are the forerunners of the specialized cells that generate all of the tissues in a human body. Stem cells are special and have two important traits that separate them from other cells in the human body.
Stem cells are undifferentiated, meaning that they aren’t committed to becoming a specific kind of cell in the body. Stem cells are blank impressionable cells until particular factors, or nutrients, induce them to perform a particular function. Stem cells are immature cells that have not yet determined their developmental direction. Stem cells are also being used in both laboratory and clinical settings. Stem cells are currently being used in orthopedic, cardiovascular, trauma and plastic surgeries and to treat disease. Stem cells are already being used to treat leukemia and some joint repairs.
Adult stem cells are used to treat patients with damaged tissues due to age or deterioration. Adult stem cells are more limited, but can still become a variety of different cell types. Stem cells may have the potential to be grown to become new tissue for use in transplant and regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine has already successfully grown heart valves from human cells. Regenerative medicine can already restore complex tissues. Regenerative medicine may become the most powerful tool available to improve the human condition.
Stem cells can potentially improve post surgical recovery times and are quickly becoming a viable alternative to joint replacement surgery. Stem cells may be able to bring chemotherapeutic agents directly to the targeted cancerous cells. Stem cells are involved in development, growth, and repair in multicellular organisms. Stem cells can be found in all manner of living organisms, including fruits, animals and humans. Stem cells are injected into the recipient’s vein over a period of 1 to 2 hours.
Stem cells are not the only possible source of future treatments for these diseases. Stem cells may benefit our health in the future in many ways and through many new therapies. Stem cells could be useful in treating these conditions in at least three ways. Stem cells can live and grow in special solutions in test tubes or petri dishes in laboratories. Stem cells can also be taken from umbilical cord blood just after birth. Stem cells can also be recovered from developing wisdom teeth and permanent teeth.
Stem cells may have the potential to slow or halt progression of the symptoms such as multiple sclerosis. Adult stem cells are capable of self-renewal for the lifetime of the organism.”
Regenerative Medicine is used extensively in the field of aesthetics (or cosmetic medicine). Products have been used for years including platelet rich plasma (PRP). Relatively recently, methods to develop and harvest high concentrations of stem cells from bone and fat are being used to help patients look better using their own body tissues and fluids. This is known as autologous cell therapies. Patients are finding this is an attractive option because many of them consider it a more natural process. Doctors in the US inject these regenerative treatments to help increase collagen production, angiogenesis, and increase survival of fat grafts. The area of hair restoration is also increasing the use of cell therapy often combined with other medications to help one regrow their own hair.”
