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Tufts University estimates
                                                                                                                                   Stem Cell research and              only all natural supplements
                                                                                                                                   development  is this century’s      created specifically for keeping        THE AVERAGE
                                                                                                                                   quest for the Holy Grail as the     our bodies stem cells healthy,
                                                                                                                                   price of admission to a life        Giampapa quips, “What was
                                                                                                                                   eternal.                            science fiction is now scientific       LENGTH OF A
                                                                                                                                                                       fact”.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               CLINICAL TRIAL

           THE STEM CELL                                                                                                           “CRAFTING AN ACCURATE NARRATIVE THAT MAKES                                  INCREASED BY 70%
                                                                                                                                   SENSE OF THE NONSENSICAL OR INEXPLICABLE

                                                                                                                                   IN THE STUDY OF STEM CELLS IS ONE OF MEDICAL                                IN THE MID-2000

                                                                                                                                   SCIENCE’S GREATEST CHALLENGES,”                                             AND THAT IT COSTS

                                                                                                                                                                                                               ON THE AVERAGE
                                                                                                                                   according to Dr. Ernst              The search for new stem
                                                                                                                                   Schwarz, M.D., esteemed             treatments and cures for                $2.6 BILLION TO
                                                                                                                                   cardiology specialist in heart      chronic diseases associated
                                                                                                                                   transplants. Affiliated with        with aging, healing debilitating
                                                                                                                                   Southern California Hospital at     injuries and the path to a              BRING A SINGLE
                                                                                                                                   Hollywood and Cedars - Sinai        healthier and more robust
                                                                                                                                   Medical Center, Dr. Schwarz, a      lifespan is the super science of        NEW MEDICINE TO
                                                                                                                                   pioneer in stem cells applied in    our time.
                                                                                                                                   treating advanced heart failure                                             MARKET.
                                                                                                                                   and severe injuries says, “The      “A science, however, that can be
                                                                                                                                   understanding of the stem           a double edged ‘lancet’ and is as
                         A CAUTIONARY TALE                                                                                         cell; their existence and their     serious as a heartbeat”, says Dr.
                                                                                                                                                                       Swartz, who plans to attend the
                                                                                                                                   potential application is at the
                                                                                                                                                                       10th Annual Medical Tourism
                                                                                                                                   core of human desires.”
                         ON A GLOBAL SCALE                                                                                         There is a consensus among          Congress. Stem cell research         Talk about sticker shock.
                                                                                                                                                                       and treatments can be rife with
                                                                                                                                   those specializing in the stem      missinformation and relaxed          Further compounding
                                                                                                                                                                                                            domestic advancements
                                                                                                                                   cell arena that the pursuit of      standards predicated by avarice
                          By: Cristiane  Roget                                                                                     stem cell scientific study and      and ignorance.                       the FDA can be excessively

                                                                                                                                   treatment can already extend                                             risk-averse, imposing dense
                                                                                                                                                                                                            and vastly expensive clinical
                                                                                                                                   life expectancy.                    Advances in bioresearch are          trial regulations. Rather than
                                                                                                                                                                       also impeded by “Policies
                                                                                                                                   “Stem cell applications may         and legislation often fraught        impeding the study of stem cells
                                                                                                                                                                                                            on an international scale; USA
                                                                                                                                   in the foreseeable future           with special interests. This         policy has in fact incentivized
                                                                                                                                   circumvent, at least for a          trend must be superseded             laboratory and medical
                                                                                                                                   significant while, our inevitable   by concern for the public’s          research abroad. The wide
                                                                                                                                   demise”, according to author,       health and welfare, “insists         gap in what persists between
                                                                                                                                   Discovery Science Channel           Eric Funderwhite, Director of        the current administration’s
                                                                                                                                   expert and Founder of the Global  NuStem Los Angeles Cellular            official policy regarding stem
                                                                                                                                   Foundation for Human Aging          Therapy Clinic.                      cell use in the United States and
                                                                                                                                   Research, Vincent Giampapa,                                              accommodating patient needs
                                                                                                                                   M.D. F.A.C.S. Also a co-founder                                          is increasingly ameliorated
                                                                                                                                   of healthycell ® the world’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                            globally.




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