Finally, Recovery Without Surgery or Long-Term Prescriptions
Stem cells have the capacity to migrate to injured tissues, a phenomenon called homing. This occurs by injury/disease signals that are released from the distressed cells/tissue. Once stem cells are delivered to a site of injury or deployed into the bloodstream, they go to these distressed signals and dock onto adjacent cells to commence performing their job.
They serve as a cell replacement where they change into the needed cell type, such as a muscle cell. This is ideal for traumatic injuries and orthopedic applications.
They dock on an adjacent cell and release proteins called growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines. These factors help control many aspects such as:
- Control the immune system and regulate inflammation which is a key mediator of diseases of aging and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
- Help to increase new blood vessel formation which aids in adding vasculature so that tissues can receive proper blood flow and the correct nutrients needed to heal.
- Provide trophic support for surrounding tissues and help host endogenous repair. This works great when used in orthopedics as it causes signals to be released which may now activate your own stem cells to repair a knee for instance.