Adult Stem Cell Therapeutics
Centagen Inc. is developing multi-path therapeutics for age-related disorders via activating adult stem cells. Centagen's proprietary technology has the capacity to safely multiply one's own adult stem cells without loss of their stem-like functions. Our goal is to extend youthful healthspan beyond the 100 year maximum that is currently observed and we view adult stem cells as the best way to regenerate and retain youthful function.
Everyone has adult stem cells in their blood, bone marrow, nasal passages, and abdominal fat stores that together are capable of repairing nearly all parts of the body. Unfortunately, these adult stem cells often decline in number and typically lose some of their regenerative capacity with age. So after a lifetime of injuries caused by aging, accidents, or disease, there is a marked decline in tissue healing with age.
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Youth One Stem Cell at a Time
Older people typically become markedly less robust than when young. What if a small sample of stem cells could be removed from your blood or belly fat, and these stem cells were rejuvenated while amplifying them as much as a million times? Then a huge number of vibrant youthful stem cells could be injected back into your body after injury or disease to regenerate failing tissues. Also many tissues and organ systems in the elderly could be rejuvenated. This is exactly the technology that Centagen is developing, using each person's own adult stem cells. No genetic engineering of the stem cells takes place, so the procedure is much safer than the genetic tampering commonly done by most companies developing stem cell treatments. Also, only your own adult stem cells are used, so there are no ethical issues with embryonic stem cell use or medical side effects due to immunity to foreign cells.
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