Osteoarthritis, also called degenerative joint disease, occurs when the cartilage between the joints breaks down, leading to stiffness, swelling and pain. Although current treatment options can help manage the pain, there is no cure and over time the symptoms continue to worsen. Stem cells, produced by the body, are natural
Medical research has shown stem cells have enormous potential to keep us healthy and aid in healing. Millions of back pain sufferers can finally find pain relief with stem cell treatment. A local injection of stem cells could become the crucial tool for eliminating the use of opioids, the standard
Stem Cell Implants Make Fresh Neurons in the Brain Researchers and scientists have slowed down the aging process by using stem cells; stem cells may offer us a new way to combat age-related diseases and extend the human lifespan. The Stem Cells Transplant Institute in Costa Rica wants to keep
Type 1 Diabetes is a common life-long condition and globally the number of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is increasing. For patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes it means living with daily insulin injections and a high risk of long-term health problems as a result.
On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, Medical News Today published a 7-year old’s true story. We would like to share that story with you. After an un-common genetic condition destroyed nearly 80 percent of a child’s skin, doctors believed the boy would die. Fortunately, stem cell treatment saved his life. Do
What does the future hold? Are advances moving slowly? Regenerative medicine consists of the use of stem cells to fix structures in the body that do not function properly due to an injury or disease. Note: Despite all advances in stem cells research and the application of these therapies in
The use of stem cells for tissue regeneration has raised great hope in various fields of medicine, including musculoskeletal disorders such as Osteoporosis. Stem cell therapy for osteoporosis potentially augments lost mineral density by either, increasing the numbers of, or restoring the function of, resident stem cells that can proliferate
Stem cells are not able to speak as humans do, but they can definitely communicate to other cells for very important and specific processes according to Information provided by Medical University of Vienna. Read on to learn more about the “language of stem cells”! Note: Despite all advances in stem
Studies demonstrate the effectiveness of stem cell treatment as a way of repairing the damage caused by chronic lung diseases such as COPD. Stem cells have the ability to offset inflammation in the lungs by combining anti-inflammatory and reparative properties to reduce the inflammatory response and restore lung function. Note:
On August 28, The National Public Radio and The New York Times, published a very interesting article that we at the Stem Cells Transplant Institute want to make you aware of. The FDA announced a crackdown on stem-cell clinics in the United States that are offering an “unapproved and potentially
Stem cells are the body’s raw material cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated. Stem Cells are widely used around the world to treat many diseases. What makes stem cell treatment in Costa different from treatment in other places? Note: Despite all advances in stem cells
Are therapies offered by US professionals superior? Stem cell therapies are one of the largest segments of the regenerative medicine market. This rapidly growing sector offers a number of opportunities to physicians who specialize in this field to move away from traditional treatments. The Stem Cells Transplant Institute in Costa Rica
The future is taking our current understanding of biology and applying it to humans. Years ago, aging was a biological mystery, now we are starting to understand what is going on.
There are many clinical trials in progress around the world using stem cells as a treatment for different diseases including multiple sclerosis. Recent results, in an important clinical trial, provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation can induce sustained remission of the disease. In addition, research
We have received several inquiries about the stem cell clinic that was previously in Costa Rica, but moved to Panama, and is now known as the Stem Cell Institute of Panama. People were curious about the circumstances surrounding their move, and how the stem cell treatment at our clinic differ in
Stem Cell Therapy Allows Patients to Recover Erectile Function Erectile dysfunction, sometimes called “impotence,” is the repeated inability to obtain and maintain an erection for intercourse. Erectile dysfunction affects nearly half of all men between the ages of 40 and 70 to some degree. In recent years, researchers have been
What is diabetes mellitus and how can stem cells be used? The global incidence of diabetes mellitus has increased dramatically over the past few years and continues to rise. The quest for curative therapies, that normalize blood sugar levels and provide independence from exogenous insulin therapies, impacts patients with type
Stem cells collected from your own fat, a new anti aging treatment Population aging is transforming economies and societies over the world. Over the next 20 years, the U.S. population may grow by about 60 million. Half of the population will be over the age of 65. Many institutions are
Stem Cells & Lung Health Stem Cell therapy is currently being investigated as a promising therapeutic approach for a number of incurable, degenerative lung diseases. The Stem Cells Transplant Institute in Costa Rica offers up-to-date information about new medical trends in a responsible and transparent manner. We want to help
An article published on January 5, 2017, by the Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), an American news channel, confirms that Costa Rica is one of the four countries with the best health care in the World. The article was originally published by International Living, a worldwide program created to
Stem Cells Treatment Restoring sight with Stem Cells…a light at the end of the tunnel. Retinal degeneration represents a group of blinding diseases that are increasingly impacting the health and well being of patients all over the world. Many people in the United States will suffer from vision loss
Stem Cells Therapies and Stroke: Are patients actually walking again? Approximately 800,000 people suffer a stroke each year in the United States and 85 percent of those strokes are ischemic (a clot forms in a blood vessel supplying blood to part of the brain, with subsequent intensive damage to the
Medicine is an ever-evolving field. New breakthroughs are being made all of the time and many discoveries in medicine have changed the way humans are living. If you have ever visited the museum of naval history, you might have seen a display that shows how they used to do surgical
Living without pain. Living better. It is estimated that 100 million adults in the US experience chronic pain. The need for effective treatments continues to grow. The goal of pain management is to increase function, improve quality of life, and reduce suffering. One of the major challenges is finding treatments
Did you know your own body fat and bone marrow contains a large amount of stem cells? Bone Marrow and Adipose tissue contains adult stem cells, these cells are thought to be “mother cells” found among differentiated tissue or organ. The adult stem cell can renew itself and can differentiate
Stem cells can give rise to almost any tissue found in the body, as a result stem cells, can provide nearly limitless potential for medical applications. This medical field is know as Regenerative Medicine and is the point of interest of the most relevant universities and medical centers in the
Although there will be some common understanding of what is meant by ‘quality of life’, people may use the term differently in their private and professional lives. The concept of quality of life has considerable variation in its meaning for people of different age groups and cultural backgrounds as well
Medical Tourism in Costa Rica: Why should I go to Costa Rica? One of the most significant developments in medical science is the discovery of Stem Cells. Stem Cells therapies have been studied for years for their impressive curative potential, today there are many leaders in regenerative medicine doing research
Pros & Cons: Stem Cell Therapy The fact that stem cell research could unlock the potential cure for a great number of diseases is reason enough for scientists to dedicate a great deal of time and money towards utilizing the research to develop therapies based on the use of stem
Fact or Fiction: Living Healthier With Stem Cells? Many ideas that some years ago were just part of the Sci-Fi Films, are part of the real world today. We never saw the smartphone coming, but maybe science fiction did. All started In 1999, when the Japanese firm NNT DoCoMo released
