X-Message-Number: 16915 Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 08:43:00 -0700 Subject: Cell Rejuvenation Therapy From: Ivan Snyder <> Hi friends, I attended cryonicist Kat and David Kekich's wedding in Palos Verdes CA last weekend and had a great time. Absent minded as I am, I neglected to bring a wedding present. I hope the following information will do and be of some value. At the wedding reception I spoke to Carla who now works at Cells 4-Life. As a science enthusiast, I am keen to keep up with the latest discoveries and am ever mindful as to where these might lead. Carla was not aware a particular finding (*below), which I find most exciting. I'm not the only one. Here is a snip from a newpaper article yesterday. "The most exciting scientific news in recent years is that the human body may have the capacity to regenerate itself. Biologists were stunned: Degeneration is not inexorable. Stem cells soon may be directed to repair organs and rejuvenate those that are wearing out;" William Safire. Anyway, I think we need to discuss this matter here and now to prepare ourselves. Below is more info I have assembled. Ivan Snyder Hermosa Beach California STEM CELL REJUVENATION THERAPY Cloning Cloned cells are rejuvenated. Cloning resets the biological clock back to conception. Dolly's (the first cloned sheep) clone was a rejuvenated copy. Dolly's clone will live another complete life span. *Some researchers thought the clone's teleomeres were shortened, meaning that the clone was of the same biological age as Dolly. Not true, the clone gave birth. Sheep do not remain reproductive so long. This all means we now in fact have a way to rejuvenate cells, and more than that: Stem Cells For Repair Cloned cells can be made into embryonic stem cells. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells which when incorporated into some other specific tissue will be converted into that tissue. Stem cells are currently being used to repair injury in different organs. In test animals, stem cells injected into damaged hearts have replaced a high percentage of whole hearts. Stem cells have also successfully replaced bone marrow. The benefit of using stem cells made from one's own body is that these are not rejected. We now have the technology to replace aging tissue with rejuvenated cells. The next step is rejuvenation of an entire body. Below is one direction for further research. Metastasis and Normal Replacement It is well known that cancer cells can split off from a cancerous growth and migrate through the bloodstream and grow new cancers where they anchor. A less known fact is that normal cells too can detach from one site, migrate through the bloodstream and become incorporated into another organ. Also, a normal ongoing cell activity is the replacement of older or damaged cells by healthy younger cells. The younger cells will actually digest and replace adjacent unhealthy cells. Stem Cell Transfusion? The above is a clue to total rejuvenation and how embryonic stem cells might be delivered throughout the body. It is seen that cells can metastasize by migrating through the bloodstream. Could then a suspension of stem cells be simply transfused into the blood, lymph, and spinal fluid and be effective in total cell replacement if administered slowly over a long period? Sound crazy? We can't say yet how effective this might be on Humans yet, but we may infer from nature with other animals. In salamanders having amputated limbs it is blood cells (nucleated) which are converted into the newly forming embryonic limb at the injury site. These creatures remember are able to regenerate entirely new limbs and other organs. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16915