What Conditions do MSC Extracts Treat?
Stem Cell Bioactive Extracts show tremendous promise for improving a number of conditions.
Muscle Degeneration
MSC therapy stimulates muscle cell growth and repair by secreting growth factors and cytokines that promote tissue healing. It also helps prevent the formation of fibrous tissue in muscle injuries, leading to better muscle regeneration. Research shows noticeable improvements in strength, endurance, and muscle mass after treatment.
Osteoarthritis
MSC therapy demonstrates strong potential to greatly enhance your dog’s mobility, alleviate pain, and improve overall quality of life. The MSCs work by releasing bioactive molecules that help repair damaged cartilage and reduce inflammation in joints.
Degenerative Myelopathy
MSCs release anti-inflammatory agents and antioxidants that reduce inflammation and oxidative stress in the spinal cord. This process helps slow the progression of the disease, preserving nerve function and mobility for a longer time.
MSC therapy provides a promising way to extend your dog’s active and happy years, improving their quality of life.
Organ Health Improvement
As dogs age, organ function can decline, leading to conditions like kidney, heart, or liver disease. MSCs work by releasing regenerative and anti-inflammatory molecules that target damaged tissues and support organ health at the cellular level. This process helps slow down age-related deterioration, promoting better organ function.
Cancer
MSCs show potential in treating certain types of canine cancer through several mechanisms. They can migrate to tumor sites and release bioactive molecules that may inhibit tumor growth, suppress the formation of blood vessels tumors rely on, and promote cancer cell death. MSCs also possess immunomodulatory properties, which help regulate the immune response, reducing inflammation around tumors and boosting the body's ability to fight cancer.
Additionally, MSCs can serve as delivery vehicles for targeted cancer therapies, delivering anti-cancer agents directly to tumor sites.
Blood Transfusions
One of the most difficult challenges we face is finding a suitable blood donor for dogs in need of transfusions. Unlike human medicine, where blood banks are more readily available, the canine world lacks a widespread, organized system for blood donation.
When a critically ill dog requires a transfusion, it becomes a race against time to locate a compatible donor and this often involves making numerous phone calls to other clinics and pet owners.
The lack of an established donor network and the specific blood type requirements make it extremely difficult to secure the blood necessary, especially in emergency situations.
It’s disheartening to know that a life-saving treatment might not be available simply because of these logistical challenges.
Although still in the research stage, MSC's show the potential for regenerating red blood cells. This is possible due to the MSC's being able to transform into different types of cells, particularly the ones capable of supporting hematopoiesis (the process of blood cell formation).
MSCs secrete growth factors, cytokines, and other bioactive molecules that can enhance the function and proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which are responsible for producing blood red blood cells in the bone marrow.
This however does not act as a permanent fix for emergency situations, although it may produce enough red blood cells to stimulate healing in your canine; in an emergency situation, this process may just buy you the time that you need to get a blood donor for your pet.