First, there are absolutely different kinds of stem cells. At the moment of fertilization, what’s known as a totipotent stem cell is created. A totipotent stem cell can differentiate into any cell type in the body, and go on to create an entire living, breathing...
Here’s the reality: every single cell in the body originated from what’s called a totipotent stem cell. That’s the cell that’s created when the egg is fertilized by sperm. That gives rise to the development of the embryo, and the embryo gives rise to the...
I often talk about how important muscle tissue is to overall health and how important muscle is to longevity and to performance as we age. Well, it turns out that there’s a really good fundamental biological reason behind that. Muscle tissue, which makes up in...
People often joke with me, “Why is a guy who’s training was in surgery and neurosurgery stumble upon the placenta as a source of cells for this emerging field of regenerative medicine and cellular medicine?” The answer is really simple. I was convinced that...
Many years ago, one of my colleagues and friend and partners, Dr. Craig Venter, the first scientist to sequence a human genome, led me to understand that he saw our genetic material – our DNA, our chromosomes, and our genes – as a programming language....
