Stem cells have had a colorful and exciting history in the medical world, with both supporters and patients claiming surprising results. But what exactly are stem cells? For decades, researchers have experimented with stem cells from fetal tissue. Aside from the moral and ethical dilemma this posed, these cells isolated from embryonic tissue were later [...]
Christian Diaz, MD is a staff physician at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City, Panama. In this lecture, Dr. Diaz displays several photos of the clinic and medical staff. He then delves into autism spectrum disorder by outlining currently available autism treatments. He discusses a couple scientific articles about stem cell therapy [...]
Good morning my name is Joe from Sydney Australia. This is my son Reese. Reese is seven years of age. When Reese was two years old, my wife noticed Reese wasn’t reaching his milestones. After some time and research and seeing some local doctors, we were informed that Reese has autism, dyspraxia and [...]
Arnold Caplan, PhD The following interview is an excerpt from Dr. Riordan's Amazon #1 bestselling book, Stem Cell Therapy: A Rising Tide - How Stem Cells Are Disrupting Medicine and Transforming Lives NEIL RIORDAN: I’ve known of Dr. Caplan’s work for years. He named the mesenchymal stem cell, although he has some [...]
Dr. Roberta Shapiro, Assistant Clinical Professor at Columbia University Medical Center discusses the “Wild West of Stem Cells in the United States. She touches upon topics that include: promises of “miracle” cures for a wide variety of diseases and conditions, unwarranted warnings of danger, FDA oversight, types of stem cell treatments and [...]
At our May 4th 2019 event in Southlake, Texas, Dr. Riordan discusses stem cell therapy at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City, Panama. He mentions the two main types of adult stem cells but his talk focuses on mesenchymal stem cells including their sources and functions. Then he goes on to [...]
Hi my name is Layla I am Valentino Roshi’s mom. He is 4 and a half years old and we have been to the Stem Cell Institute three times. The first time we came over in November 2017 and at that point, he was diagnosed with the highest level of autism. He [...]
"Hi, this is Grant Meyer, and Grant is 12. He has autism and some developmental delays. This is our second time in Panama at the Stem Cell Institute. We came last year in January and we noticed several changes, some pretty immediate with ability to read. [His] ability to converse was much [...]
This 2013 study features a treatment group (who received bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells) and a control group (who did not receive cells). 20 patients were in the treatment group and 20 in the control group, for a total of 40 patients with spinal cord injuries. The MSCs were harvested from the bone marrow of the [...]
Research on the treatment of spinal cord injury with cells from bone marrow aspirate was already ongoing more than a decade ago. This 2008 study followed 8 patients for for 2 years after receiving an average of 90 million CD34 cells directly to the spinal cord with no serious adverse events. The patients reported improvements [...]