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The
usual sources of antiageing
cell therapy are sheep
placenta, embryo or
foetus |
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The Egyptians were already
recommending the injection
of crushed animal organs to
improve human vitality and
treat various ailments over
3,500 years ago. According
to historical records, tissue
transplants were conducted
as early as 2000 years ago.
In modern medicine, animal
foetal cellular and extract
therapies (especially from
sheep) were first developed
in Europe, in countries such
as Germany, Russia and Switzerland,
in the 1920s.
The father of modern cell
therapy was Dr Paul Niehans
of Switzerland. His first
use of cell therapy was in
1930 when he was referred
an emergency post-thyroidectomy
patient (ie. just had the
thyroid gland surgically removed)
who was suffering from “severe
post-operative parathyroid
tetany”, which would
have been fatal.
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The parathyroid glands are
so close to the thyroid glands
that they can be accidentally
removed during such operations.
In desperation, Dr Niehans
obtained the parathyroid glands
of a newborn ox, grounded
it up into very small pieces
and made a suspension with
saline solution, before injecting
it, intra-muscularly, into
the patient. The result was
a remarkable success.
Dr Niehans later wrote:
“I thought the effect
would be short-lived, just
like the effect of an injection
of hormones, and that I should
have to repeat the injection.
But, to my great surprise,
the injection of fresh cells
not only failed to provoke
an immune reaction, but the
effect lasted longer than
any synthetic hormone, any
implant or any surgical graft.
Twenty-six years passed and
the patient was still free
from cramps”.
Following his first successful
cell therapy experiment, Dr
Niehans went on to apply this
treatment more than 50,000
times, over a period of 40
years.
Cell therapy is still banned
in North America due to earlier
bad experiences with antigenic/rejection
cases. It is thought that
the doctors there may not
have followed the strict protocols
as practised by Dr Niehans
and his colleagues, and hence
ended up having many complications.
In treating these diseases,
organ cells from young animals
(for example, pig, sheep,
cow and shark) are often used.
Embryonic/foetal cells and
tissues contain a high concentration
of biochemical substances
such as growth factors, nucleic
acids, peptides, enzymes and
so on, designed to bring about
high growth rate and repair
of foetal structures. When
injected into the adult body,
they can be absorbed to enhance
the living processes of the
older recipient body, slowing
and reversing degeneration
and disease.
In the 1970s, two German scientists
at the University of Heidelberg,
Dr Lettre and Dr Schmidt,
successfully demonstrated
by radioactive marking and
tracing of cells that injected
animal foetal cells invariably
ended up in the target organ,
for example, heart cells to
the heart, and likewise, liver
cells to the liver, and so
on.
Energy
in our genes
In fact, this cellular homing
and recognition mechanism
relates to the vibrational
energies emitted by the DNA
coils and the membrane fibre-optics
in all living cells, earlier
described by both Tesla and
Lakhovsky in the 1920s.
This is an exciting discovery
for a scientist and qigong
master like me, because the
convergence of eastern metaphysics
and modern science is apparent
here. All life has qi, and
all life has DNA.
Now we know that our genes
are the source of energy that
is responsible not only for
keeping the cells alive, but
also for the cells to recognise
one another. Hence, even the
heart cells of another species
will find the human heart,
if injected.
The youngest cells with the
youngest genes carry the strongest
energy that enable the cells
to divide rapidly, carry out
all functions, and heal quickly
when injured. We see how children
are energetic, and heal rapidly
from wounds, often without
any scarring. Cell therapy
is a means of transferring
this young, healthy genetic
energy to older cells.
We will probably never know
the complete answer to how
foetal cells from either the
same or another species work
their wonders when injected
into the body.
What does seem apparent is
that the genetic information
is transferred both energetically
and chemically to the host
cells, yet not incorporated
into the genes of the host
cells so it cannot be transmitted
to an offspring. Some believe
it is the incompatibility
of the DNA sequence which
allows utilisation in the
human cell, but prevents transmission
of the genetic effects to
the next generation.
Anti-ageing
cell therapy
For anti-ageing purposes,
very young cells are used
because it is found that the
young cells can influence
the host (patient) cells to
repair and rejuvenate themselves.
The usual sources are sheep
placenta, embryo or foetus.
The most expensive is fresh
live cell therapy where the
living cells are injected
within five hours after extraction.
These are done in specialised
centres by skilled doctors
under very strict regulations.
Injections of frozen live
cells, or lyophilised freeze-dried
cells, are more affordable.
The most common (and cheaper)
method is cell extract injections,
and the cheapest are the extracts
in oral capsules.
Does
anti-ageing cell therapy work?
I leave you with this
quote: “You
meet people in their 80s and
90s who have the vitality
of those who are 25 with sharp
brains, a wonderful sense
of humour and a dynamism that
puts most of us to shame.”
Leslie Kenton (health
writer), as quoted in her
book, Age Power,
after visiting a cell therapy
centre.
• Dr Amir Farid
Isahak is a medical specialist
who practises holistic medicine
and has been teaching qi gong
for more than 10 years. He
is the former president of
the Guolin Qi Gong Association,
Malaysia. You can e-mail him
at starhealth@thestar.com.my
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