FAQs
- Is the Stem Cell Treatment administered by Medra safe?
- How quickly will I see results after the Fetal Stem Cell Treatment?
- How many Fetal Stem Cell Treatments will I need?
- How many people have been treated with my specific disease or condition?
- What should I be doing before and after I receive the Fetal Stem Cell treatment?
- Am I eligible for Fetal Stem Cell Treatment with Medra?
- Why is Fetal Stem Cells preferable over other Stem Cells?
- How do the Fetal Stem Cells actually work to bring about healing?
- What are Dr. Rader’s qualifications?
Why is Fetal Stem Cells preferable over other Stem Cells?
An extremely important and significant difference between fetal stem cells and all other stem cells is that pristine neuronal stem cells can be isolated from the brain tissue of the fetus. There is no other source of pure, pristine neuronal (nerve) stem cells.
Fetal stem cells are “pluripotent free agents.” That means they are the only cells that contain the entire “database” of the human body. They have the capacity to become any of the body’s 220 cell types. In simple terms, what you need is what you get.
Other kinds of stem cells have antigenicity, a “cellular fingerprint” that can cause the dangerous, sometimes lethal rejection phenomenon of graft-versus-host disease. When adult donor (allogenic) stem cells, or stem cells derived from umbilical cords, are used, they can require immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection. These drugs suppress the immune system, they leave the patient highly vulnerable to serious infections and diseases. Fetal stem cells are not antigenic—that is, they do not contain a cellular fingerprint—so the patient’s immune system does not recognize and attack them as foreign invaders, nor do the fetal cells attack or harm the recipient.
