ISSCA introduces new stem cell training courses web page for regenerative medicine practitioners
ISSCA has launched a new stem cell training web page designed to offer free information and resources to help physicians choose a training program best suited to their unique needs.
MIAMI, June 26, 2018—The International Society for Stem Cell Application (ISSCA) has launched a new stem cell training course web page, coordinated by Global Stem Cells Group affiliate Stem Cell Training, designed to help physicians access free information and resources on the newest instruction and training options in regenerative medicine training.
The new web page is designed to help physicians interested in adding stem cell procedures to grow their medical practice or enhance career advancement opportunities find stem cell training program options to enable them to find a training program best suited to their individual needs. ISSCA’s variety of stem cell training opportunities include:
• Online stem cell training course, ISSCA’s cutting-edge online course that teaches physicians everything they need to know to add adult stem cell-based procedures to their existing practice, or confidently transition to a regenerative medicine center. Offering the convenience of training from a home or office computer, this course prepares physicians in all the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to effectively and expertly administer stem cell therapies to patients, including harvesting and isolating stem cells.
ISSCA’s online training positions physicians to open their own stem cell center practice and join ISSCA’s expansive network. Successful completion of the online training course allows physicians to immediately begin offering cutting-edge regenerative medicine procedures to patients, establish themselves as experts in their fields, and enjoy the benefits of the growing regenerative medicine industry.
• Hands-on stem cell certification training courses, ISCCA’s intensive, two-day hands-on training course scheduled at various international locations provides attending physicians with expert instruction on autologous stem cell therapies in the field of regenerative medicine. Participants learn techniques and protocols for harvesting and isolating stem and regenerative cells from adipose tissue, bone marrow, and /or peripheral blood from live patients and administering the cells back to the patient
Course curriculum consists of comprehensive theoretical lectures and home study education, and two days of didactic and clinical experience. One day of post-educational on-site clinical assistance is also available upon request.
• Onsite training, ISSCA’s personalized, hands-on, onsite stem cell training brings stem cell specialists to your practice or clinic, anywhere in the world, to provide one-on-one training tailored to your practice’s specific requirements—saving time and money. The onsite training program offers participants a unique opportunity to grow their practice and achieve their specific practice goals by offering practice-specific regenerative medicine treatments to patients in their medical office or clinical setting.
The onsite training course provides participating practices with personalized theoretical information and hands-on training along with ongoing support for their clinical practice. Applications and protocols are provided by a Stem Cells Training faculty member with extensive experience in laboratory and clinical practice.
ISSCA’s onsite training specifications include:
1. Equipment and supply delivery. The Stem Cell Training team
delivers and sets up all equipment and supplies necessary for the training session to take place and will leave the physician’s team
fully qualified to start its own stem cell treatment practice.
2. Expert trainers. ISSCA’s onsite stem cell training course takes a highly visual and interactive approach. Expert trainers teach and supervise the hands-on process using live patients and different protocols for the extraction, isolation, and application of PRP, adipose- and bone marrow-derived stem cells.
3. Multimedia access. ISSCA provides physicians participating in its onsite training program access to its library of high-resolution, step-by-step procedure videos and ongoing online and telephone support for clinical equipment, inquiries or concerns for the practice’s future use and reference.
• Fellowship in cell therapy and tissue engineering. Recognizing the need for knowledge of stem cell protocols among physicians and healthcare professionals, ISSCA and Stem Cell Training created the Fellowship of Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering program. The fellowship focuses on stem cell therapies involving the potential replacement of cells or organs that are diseased, injured, infirmed, ailing or aged
In this modular training program, a group of experienced academic scholars involved in stem cell transplantation present a series of topics covering the general principles and practices of stem cell
biology and evidence-based treatments that physicians can apply to optimize the health of their patients. Fellowship course details and objectives include:
• A detailed program offering hands-on experience in stem cell characterization and laboratory applications
• An opportunity to learn cell culture processes including plating, trypsinization, harvesting, and cryopreservation
• Gaining the ability to understand and apply quality control tests including cell count, viability, flow cytometry, endotoxin, mycoplasma, and sterility
• Learning to perform CGMP functions including clean room maintenance, gowning, and environmental monitoring
• Establishing insight on relevant applications of stem cell processing and regulations that apply to a certified facility
• Receiving the tools necessary to implement regulatory and clinical guidelines when setting up a GMP facility
• Providing participants with copies of presentations, procedural protocols, and all forms associated with a GMP facility, as well as case books and full protocols for approximately 30 indications
• Demonstrating the ability to perform clinical procedures including lipoaspirate and bone marrow isolation, and reintroduction of stem cells for various indications
The new ISSCA stem cell training web page also features an informative blog that publishes four new articles in the field of regenerative medicine weekly.
To learn more, visit the ISSCA stem cell training web page, email info@stemcellsgroup.com, or call 305-560-5337.
About ISSCA:
The International Society for Stem Cell Application (ISSCA) is a multidisciplinary community of scientists and physicians, all of whom aspire to treat diseases and lessen human suffering through advances in science, technology and the practice of regenerative medicine. ISSCA serves its members through advancements made in the specialty of regenerative medicine.
The ISSCA’s vision is to take a leadership position in promoting excellence and setting standards in the regenerative medicine fields of publication, research, education, training, and certification.
As a medical specialty, regenerative medicine standards and certifications are essential, which is why ISSCA offers certification training in cities all over the world. The goal is to encourage more physicians to practice regenerative medicine and make it available to benefit patients both nationally and globally. Incorporated under the Republic of Korea as a non-profit entity, ISSCA is focused on promoting excellence and standards in the field of regenerative medicine.
Stem cell training web page launch
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Platelet-Rich Plasma For Bone Healing: Myth or Fact?
Platelet-Rich Plasma has a proven record for healing soft-tissues and other living tissues. But can it actually heal the bones itself?
This could mean PRP, when applied to an affected area whether it’s an elbow joint or knee or back bone area, actually heals everything within it’s reach including the bones. Is that really why PRP actually works?
Let’s examine.
Platelet-Rich Plasma For Bone Healing
Bones are not just lifeless matter attached to living tissues. It’s as much living as the tissues themselves. And just like the tissues, it’s constantly changing too. The old bone cells are broken down and replaced with new ones in a three-part process called bone remodeling the involves resorption (digestion of old bone cells), reversal (new cells are birthed) and formation (new cells turn into fully formed bones).
This process, just like any other biological processes in the body, requires hormones and growth factors. Some of the names include parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitriol, insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), prostaglandins, tumor growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP), and plain old cytokines. For this discussion we need to remember only one thing: a large cytokines and growth factors are involved in bone remodeling process.
Which means we accelerate the bone remodeling process by supplying these cytokines and growth factors as suggested by studies like this, this, this, this, this and this.
Why Platelet-Rich Plasma?
Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP), being completely “whole and natural” can more closely simulate a highly efficient in-vivo situation that anything else out there that are made up of artificial recombinant proteins. In PRP, we are taking advantage of the biological benefits of growth factors whose functions we know as well as those we do not know of yet. From the 15+ factors we know are in PRP including platelet derived growth factor (PDRF), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), platelet factor 4 (PF4), interleukin 1 (IL-1), platelet-derived angiogenesis factor (PDAF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived endothelial growth factor (PDEGF), epithelial cell growth factor (ECGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), osteocalcin (Oc), osteonectin (On), fibrinogen (Fg), vitronectin (Vn), fibronectin (Fn) and thrombospontin-1 (TSP-1)… we’re actually supplying a “holistic” set of nutrients for healing that cannot be mimicked by those obtained artificially.
Platelet-Rich Plasma For Bone Healing
Organic Fertilizers For The Body
The PRP difference is like adding chemical fertilizers versus organic fertilizers on plants. Chemical fertilizers are rich in essential nutrients that we know are needed for crops. On the other hand, organic fertilizers supply nutrients not only to the plants but also to the soil, improving the soil structure and tilth, water holding capacity, reduces erosion as well as promote slow and consistent release of nutrients to the plants itself.
Clearly, organic fertilizers are better, aren’t they?
Platelet-Rich Plasma are like organic fertilizers for our body.
Bonus: Strong Antimicrobial Properties
It seems that the Platelet-Rich Plasma’s healing function has synergistic function to anti-microbial properties. A new study confirms that using Platelet-Rich Plasma in surgeries may have the potential to prevent infection and to reduce the need for costly post-operative treatments.
That’s a nice bonus for the organic fertilizer of our bodies. Perhaps, there are more. So why wouldn’t anyone not take advantage of them?
The scope of Platelet-Rich Plasma is growing as the scientific community continues to unearth its inherent properties. PRP is an unignorable, and unavoidable component of healing.
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