Why are Fetal Stem Cells preferable over umbilical cord stem cells?
Fetal Stem Cells are the cellular building blocks of the 220 cell types within the body. The Fetal Stem Cells used by Medra remain in an undifferentiated state and therefore are capable of becoming any tissue, organ or cell type within the body. Fetal Stem Cells also release Cytokines. Cytokines are cell-derived, hormone-like polypeptides that regulate cellular replication, differentiation, and activation. Cytokines can bring normal cells and tissues to a higher level of function, allowing the body’s own healing mechanisms to partner with the transplanted Fetal Stem Cells to repair the body. Umbilical cord stem cells are limited in number; individually not as powerful as Fetal Stem Cells nor are they as pluripotent (able to differentiate into any cell type). They usually require a familial donor to provide leukocyte (white blood cell) matching, otherwise there may be a serious or even life threatening rejection factor known as Graft Versus Host Disease. A recent method of the use of um
