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    Stem Enhance

We feel that MME stimulates in situ (within the organ) stem cells to proliferate and migrate, leading to tissue regeneration.  There are no cells in your body more than ten years old.  Our cells are constantly dieing off (a process known as apoptosis), to be replaced by new cells, derived from the in situ stem cell pool within the organ or body region in question.  The heart contains stem cells that can develop in to heart cells, but not brain cells.  The brain contains stem cells that can differentiate into neurons but not in to muscle cells - in situ stem cells are organ specific.  We feel that MME stimulates these organ specific stem cells to proliferate and migrate within the organ under MME treatment.

The bone marrow contains uncommitted (pluripotential) stem cells.  Know as CD 34+ cells, these pluripotential cells are constantly being released by the bone marrow, to land in organs that need regenerative help.  Organs in trouble release in to the circulation some form of distress marker that draws the CD 34+ cells in.  Stem Enhance increases the release of CD 34+ cells from the bone marrow by 27%.  By taking Stem Enhance concomitant to MME, we feel that we are recruiting the bone marrow in to our treatment program.