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sources, bone marrow and peripheral blood from the patient himself or herself, or from humanumbilical cord blood. In cases where the patient cannot use his/her own stem cells (the patient is tooyou or too old), donor stem cells are harvested usually from siblings, parents, and other close relatives.”Table 13. Philippine Hospitals Involved in Stem Cell Therapy, by Stem Cell Application, Source of Cells,Origin of Technology, and Duration of TreatmentHospitalsThe Medical City(Dr. SamuelBernal, et al.) 37NKTI Cellular andMolecularTherapeuticsLaboratory (Dr.Dante Dator, etal.) 40 incollaborationwith LCP 41Stem CellApplications• Dendritic celltherapy• Autologous andallogeneic stemcellstransplantation• Stromal cellcollection,processing,expansion• Umbilical cordblood stem celltreatments• Aesthetic anddermatology,diseaseprevention,wellness• Blood and bonemarrowtransplantation• Dendritic cellvaccine therapy• Clinical trial onautologousdendritic cellvaccine for cancer• Clinical trial ontissue-engineeredurinary bladderSource of CellsBone marrowstem cellsPeripheral bloodhematopoieticstem cellsBrain, nerve andmuscle stem cellsSkin and fat stemcells 39 for cosmeticusesUmbilical cordblood and stemcells fromWharton’s jelly,umbilical arteriesand veins, andplacentaAmniotic cellsPatient’s bonemarrowBloodstreamOrigin ofTechnologyU.S., Europe,Globe Tek ProInternational 38U.S., Canada,Japan and WakeForest Institute ofRegenerativeMedicineDuration ofTreatmentTypically 6 monthsand long-termfollowupMonths to yearsdepending onpatient’s sicknessas well as stage ofthe disease37 The Medical City specialists are Drs. Alfredo Bengzon, Samuel Bernal, Rolando Berbumias, Mercedes Cancio-Cruz, MeninaChua-Tan, Denise Laviles, Catherine Rosales, John Jerusalem Tiongson, and Michelle de Vera.38 Globe Tek Pro (Global Technology Professionals) International is a Filipino multinational company leading the way on stemcell therapy in the Philippines and worldwide (Bernal, 2009).39 Also known as adipose stem cells.40 The NKTI specialists are Drs. Dante Dator, Honorata Baylon, Florecita Padua, Gloria Cristal Luna, Beatrice tiangco, and SigridAgcaoili.41 The Lung Center of the Philippines specialists are Drs. Teresita Barzaga and Nelia Tan-Liu.24
Makati Med,CellularTherapeuticsLaboratory 42St. Luke’s (Dr.Francis Lopez, etal.) 43substitute• Dendritic cellvaccination forcancer• Neurologicaldiseases, diabetestype 1,cardiovasculardiseases, joints• Ocular surfacereconstruction• Clinical trials onamyotrophiclateral sclerosis• Clinical trial onrepair of spinalinjury• Bone marrowtransplantationfor leukemia andlymphoma• Clinical trial forthe treatment ofarthritis,Alzheimer’sdisease, andothersPrimarilyautologous, i.e.,donor receivesown cells(autograft)Patient’suninjured eyeAllogenic,matched bonemarrowPatient’s bonemarrowSource: Anonymous (2013), “Unlocking the Powers of Cell Therapy from Aesthetics to Cancer Cure”U.S. Varies from 3 to 6monthsSingapore Eye TransplantationResearch Institute performed onlyonce; months torecuperateStemCord, Depends onSingaporeseverity ofconditionTICEBA, Germany Depends onseverity ofconditionAdult stem cells have many facets pertaining to their origin and application. This field isextremely complex; to simplify matters, the following definitions were taken from the report, “APatient’s Path Through the Maze of Stem Cell Transplantation” which received the 2010 advocacy awardfrom the World Stem Cell Summit and the grassroots advocacy award by the Genetics Policy Institute(ALS, 2010):a. Autologous refers to the stem cells found in most adult tissues such as bone, skin, and bloodand which are also present in placentas and umbilical cords. Autologous stem cells are called“somatic,” meaning “of the body.” This means that stem cells found in the bone marrow of anadult have the potential to become other kinds of cells that pose no risk of rejection if they areutilized in another place in the donor’s body (ALS, 2010).b. Allogeneic stem cells are those derived from healthy donor and transplanted into the patientrecipient. In contrast to using autologous cells, the genetic match between donor and recipientis critical so that the risk of rejection of the stem cells is minimized. The best matches are often42 The Makati Medical Center specialists are Drs. Eric Flores and Francis Chung.43 The St. Luke’s specialists are Drs. Francis Lopez, Jessica Abano, Jacqueline Dominguez, and Joven Quanang.25
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