Drogueria Americana, a Honduran Affiliate of GeneCell International, Presents to a Panel of More Than 100 Leading …

The Future of Regenerative Medicine: Dental Pulp Stem Cells and Dental Pulp Stem Cell Banking

MIAMI, Florida (PRWEB) February 25, 2013

GeneCells Director of Research and Laboratory Operations, Dr. Todd Flower, spoke Friday, January 25th, 2013 at 10am, at the Marriott Hotel to a panel of more than 100 leading dentists from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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Drogueria Americana is the only Dental Pulp (and cord blood) establishment to be offering this cutting-edge, regenerative medicine technology in Honduras. The program was kicked-off with a special introduction by Dr. Yisela Irasema Andino, who welcomed guests and shared her excitement on the companys successful expansion of its services to the Honduran Market.

Very much like cord blood, a childs loose tooth, extracted wisdom and/or adult teeth and pulpectomy can provide first-rate stem cells that can potentially be used in cellular-therapy based applications down the road, said GeneCells Director of operations, Jose Cirino. With more than a decade of experience and deep roots in the Latin American community, we are uniquely poised to help families in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean make informed decisions regarding how they can preserve stem cells for their long-term health.

This opportunity allows our facility to further educate our community to ensure that everyone is given the best information on preserving stem cells that can potentially save a life of a family member, said Drogueria Americanas General Manager, Dr. Yisela Irasema Andino.

Adult stem cells can be found and isolated from several different adult tissue types including but not limited to: bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, dental pulp tissue, adipose (fat) tissue, menstrual blood, synovial fluid etc. The stem cells isolated from these adult tissues have the ability to differentiate (mature into) numerous other cell types giving them the potential to treat a variety of different disease states.

Dental pulp stem cells hold the potential of possibly regenerating damaged tissues and organs in the body by stimulating organs to heal themselves. These cells may be one of the most promising cell-therapies in the future. In the past, extracted teeth and related tissue have been viewed as a medical waste and discarded, resulting in a loss of this potential life-saving resource. Now clients can save these cells so they are available to them in the future should they be necessary.

Dental pulp stem cells, found in the pulp chamber of teeth, are a relatively new discovery in the realm of adult stem cells, they have the ability to differentiate into numerous cell types including bone, muscle, nerve, cartilage and fat. Since these cells have the capability to differentiate into a variety of tissue types, they open up the door to potentially treat a variety of different diseases including heart attack, bone repair, neurodegenerative disorders, like Parkinsons disease and other regenerative medicine applications, added GeneCell Internationals Director of Research and Laboratory Operations, Dr. Todd R. Flower.

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