Episode 3 | Stem Cell Revolution | Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Hope or Hype?

[@bg5760]

Sherry is so kind and thoughtful. I’ve talked with she and Donna…both are so helpful and wonderful people. I hope they are fulfilled, deeply gratified and successful. Thanks 🙏

[@danielw7126]

I'd like to try and get in on that tbi trials. Who do I contact? POTS and Central Vestibular Oculomotor Dysfunction both brought on by Stroke in January this year.

[@hopebiosciences]

Unfortunately, that condition would likely not qualify as the enrolling trial is looking for patients with physical head trauma. For more information on the trial, please visit clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05951777

[@bg5760]

How do you test for and confirm function of msc’s before you use them? Thanks 🙏

[@hopebiosciences]

The production process has been validated to ensure that what we produce is functional and healthy. When stem cells are made and released for each patient, they are tested at each release. We test them for sterility (bacteria and fungi), mycoplasma, endotoxin, gram staining, cell markers, viability and appearance.

[@anson.meadows]

I was advised by a physician, that stem cells can’t be released from the matrix they are within [in the fat] without using certain enzymes (collagenase) that are illegal to use in the United States, for that purpose. The FDA constitutes these alterations as creating a “drug”…Has this changed?

[@hopebiosciences]

This is correct. The product we make is considered a biological drug in the United States. In a future episode, we will discuss this topic in detail!

[@anson.meadows]

@@hopebiosciencesi just noticed this reply. Thank you…just curious, as the physician I am mentioning works in stem cells also and I wanted to see how Hope addresses this challenge.

[@PRC1020]

I wondered if we would run out of cells if we rely on embryonic stem cells

[@hopebiosciences]

With hope bio's technology, you would quite literally never run out of cells!