Regenerative Medicine St. Louis, Missouri

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can reproduce or renew themselves through cell division into the exact cells your body needs to reduce inflammation and heal itself. When introduced into an injured or damaged area, stem cells can potentially accelerate and enhance your natural healing process.

Stem cells are the only cells in the human body capable of generating new cell types. “Mother cells” generate all other cells, dividing into what are known as “daughter cells” under the proper conditions inside the body or in a laboratory.

Daughter cells become new stem cells in a process called “self-renewal.” They also can become specialized cells in a process called “differentiation.” These specialized cells have a more specific function within the body, including transforming into brain cells, heart muscle cells, or blood cells.

There are different types of stem cell sources, including amniotic, cord blood-based, bone marrow and adipose tissue (fat tissue). At MD Health & Wellness in St. Louis, MO, we utilize Mesenchymal stem cells – harvested from the Wharton Jelly of the umbilical cord following a cesarean birth – which offer the most potent and effective healing power as well as an extremely high rate of replication. The harvesting of these cells has no negative impact on the baby or the mother.

There is virtually no chance of rejection or adverse reaction with this type of treatment. These young stem cells are naturally more favorable than those in our own bodies since our own stem cells have aged as we have aged and are therefore less effective with each passing year. Just think how much more quickly children heal from injuries than do older people. This is due to their young, healthy stem cells.