Adult Stem Cells Repair Damaged Heart Muscle

The story of how James Eilert had his heart muscle repaired after Vescell stem cell treatment is becoming widely known on the internet . Therefore, I wanted to update his story to check up on James and see how he is doing.

In this new stem cell treatment story, we cover James on how he was before coming to Bangkok for the Vescell therapy in November 2007:

The heart damage left James fatigued, exhausted and short of breath. It was increasingly difficult to meet the demands of his job as an automotive engineer. He was gasping for breath and sweating all the time. His ejection fraction (EF) had sunk to 20-25%. Feeling depressed, James had given up hope of ever improving his quality of life.

James had his own Adult Stem Cells implanted on November 14, 2007 in Bangkok. They were implanted using a simple catheter- the procedure being similar to an angioplasty.

The stem cells had an amazing effect on James. Almost immediately, he started feeling better (Note- normally it takes 4-6 weeks).

Here is more from the press release:

James raved about his experience and the care he received in Bangkok, “I have never been so well cared for in all my years going in and out of multiple hospitals for congestive heart failure. The doctors really listened to me and gave me confidence that they were my partners in improving my heart.”

After the treatment, James was thrilled with the results of the Vescell ™. “I had an echocardiogram only 2 weeks after my stem cell therapy and my completely dead apex was beating again. I was shocked and ecstatic at the same time.”

Since then, James has continued to improve and 18 months after treatment, he says, “I can do anything, the sky is the limit. I am now in Class I heart failure. My ejection fraction is at 50% and my doctors have lifted all restrictions.”

As you can see in this stem cell video below, James has taken "no restrictions" to the limit as he shows what he can do after Vescell stem cell therapy and shows off his impression of Usain Bolt, the Olympic Sprint Champion from Jamaica.




Please feel free to contact James via email jameseilert@att.net or phone- 248-227-3016 to hear more about his exploits regarding Vescell stem cell therapy.

Vescell Featured In Forbes Magazine!

I am happy to say that Vescell Adult Stem Cell treatment for heart disease has been prominently featured in a new article in Forbes Magazine. The entire article featured different stem cell companies around the world and how patients from the United States traveled to these stem cell treatment centers through "Medical Tourism" to find help for their particular disease.

Here is the section from the Forbes article pertaining to Vescell featuring Andy Jordan who was suffering from congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and angina when he came to Bangkok for Vescell stem cell treatment:

When Nashville resident Anderson Jordan, at age 72, said he wanted to fly to Bangkok to treat his congestive heart failure in July 2008, his internist of 22 years balked. But Jordan was fading fast: His ventricles were only managing to pump at 19% capacity--a healthy person's "ejection fraction" is between 50% and 65%--and he could not get another bypass.

Surfing the Internet, Jordan happened upon TheraVitae, a Bangkok-headquartered biotechnology company that markets "VesCell stem cell treatments" via licensing agreements with four clinics in Thailand, one in Singapore and one in the Dominican Republic. These procedures involved using a patient's own stem cells to build new blood vessels and heart muscle. The fact that the therapy would use his own blood excited Jordan. He contacted prior patients whose stories were chronicled on the company's Web site. One patient from Oregon told Jordan of the miraculous effects of the treatments on his angina.

Thai doctors injected 25 million of his own stem cells into Jordan's heart. Twenty thousand miles, 22 days, a cardiac arrest and $43,000 later, he came home to his wife with an ejection fraction between 30% and 35%. Even Jordan's doctor had to admit he was happy with the results.

"There simply are no domestic studies with control groups," says Dr. William E. Baucom, Jordan's internist. "There is no way to know the exact reason, but [Jordan] has improved and he does look good today."

The same Forbes article also featured a special Cardiovascular Disease section:

Cardiovascular Disease
Where to find treatment: China, Germany, Mexico.

Behind the treatment: Bangkok-headquartered TheraVitae offers "VesCell stem-cell treatments" through licensing agreements with four clinics in Bangkok, Thailand, Singapore and the Dominican Republic. (The research and development activities take place in Israel.) In these procedures, stem cells are extracted from a patient's own blood, cultured in a lab and implanted directly into the blocked coronary artery or, when no artery is available, into the scarred area in the heart. The goal: to rebuild heart muscle and improve blood flow.

If you would like to talk to Andy yourself - he has joined the ranks of grateful patients reaching out to others suffering from heart failure in the hope that they will find relief from VesCell, too. You may email me at ajordan142@gmail.com or call me at 615-449-2898.

Or, If you’d like to know more about VesCell adult stem cell therapy to address your heart disease or late-stage peripheral arterial disease , please contact Jerry@Vescell.com or dial 1-888-410-0902 or provide your contact information on the following form www.vescell.com/inquiry

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patient Celebrates His 1 Year Stem Cell Treatment Anniversary

Reverend Mike Rumble, the Dilated Cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure patient who improved his heart function and quality of life after the Vescell Adult Stem Cell therapy, is now celebrating his "1 Year Stem Cell Treatment Anniversary."

We last featured Mike in March showing that his ejection fraction had gone up from 10% before the stem cell treatment to 30% after the Adult Stem Cells were implanted.

Congratulations Mike! We at Theravitae are very happy for you and wish you continued improvement and a healthy life.

Here is the email from Mike-



From: Mike Rumble
Sent: 05/05/2009 06:43
Subject: ANNIVERSARY OF "MY OWN" STEM CELL TREATMENT!!
It is my one year anniversary of receiving my
"own" adult stem cell transplant!!! Guess what? They are working, the
miracle is happening!!! Heart function has improved, shortness of breath gone,
sleeping is very much improved, congestion has almost completely disappeared,
strength and energy abound, and hope for a normal healthy life and heart are on
the horizon!!!!!

One year ago today I received 32 million of my own stem cells injected into my
left ventricle with 30 long thoracic needles in Bangkok Thailand. The Bangkok
Heart Hospital is state of the art, five star care, with the most competent
doctors and nursing staff I have ever ever encountered even after working in US
health care facilities as a director for twenty years!

I am extremely grateful for the wonder support that I received from so many
from all over the world and my special friends who gave, prayed, watched,
commented, and encouraged me to go forth. It has been an amazing ride and
journey.

There is a ways to go with fixing a leaky valve when the FDA approves a new
procedure with a clip that can be used safe and easy and that will help the
heart improve even greater and could potentially correct the chronic atrial
fibrillation. So keep up the prayers and the positive energy everyone. Many
many people are benefiting with the stem cell explosion. I am grateful now that
there has been a lift on the ban for stem cell research in the US and I know
that we are going to see hundreds of research centers finding new potential
cures for many diseases.

Let's celebrate!!!!! Praise to God.....Mike

PS- Mike has his own stem cell therapy blog

Adult Stem Cell Pioneer Passes Away

Last week, we at Theravitae received the sad news that David Foege, a member of Theravitae's Board of Directors passed away at the age of 63. David was not only a member of our board, he was one of our heart disease patients coming for Vescell stem cell therapy 3 times. In fact, that is the reason he was chosen to be a member of the board- he represented the patient's voice. He swore each batch of Adult Stem Cells helped improve his quality of life and wished for others to receive the same.

I had the pleasure of David's company on a few occasions and there was no doubt in my mind, he was a fighter who wasn't going to take "no" for an answer- which is the reason he kept returning to Bangkok from his home in Naples, Florida for more stem cell treatment. I imagine he kept fighting until the very end. He will be missed here at Theravitae as well as at Chao Phya Hospital with Dr. Suphachai where he was a popular patient.

His daughter, Dama, who is the creator of the World Yoga Mission recently emailed us this in honor of her father. Here it is in it's entirety-

In Memory of David John Foege
May 30, 1945 - April 18, 2009

What the following has to do with yoga?...
It has to do with my dad being one of my main sources of inspiration..& also my first teacher & my now my angelic guide...
and how he leaves a legacy that will impact and enrich many lives with stem cell therapies.

As a young child, my friends came over for a slumber party and my dad would speak softly in a guided meditations as we fell sleep. His soothing voice asked us to visualize healing light pouring in through our heads down to our feet. We giggeled then dozed off in moments. He was so gentle with us. A good guide and a good dad.

The last 30 + years, I have witnessed him make many choices with regards to his ailing health. Some I resonated with while other choices, not-at-all. Yet, he still crossed boundaries where most may have withered. Quite a few times, he signed his life away with moderate-to-high risk proceedures. He definatly set new standards and raised the bar with his go-get em drive to stay alive.

His choices and drive, fueled my mission statement to bring yoga science and technology into world communities large & small.
The proven time tested, preventative measures of ancient yoga science enriches lives & the proven adult stem cell therapies enrich lives also. Its an amazing marraige of old & new.

His influence on me has been profound and I can note with confidence that having lived so closely to a man that would simply not give up will unfurl layers of gusto inspirado in me. The days and years shall pass and I am sure to have a wellspring of Dave Foege determination.
I pray that I am able to be of great service for those that choose wellness and act as a forklift of inspiration for those that have fallen out of hope.
I intend to offer yogic technology that prevents and inspires folks to heal, to lighten up & purify from the inside/ out.
I intend to also support progressive medicine such as stem cell therapies since I saw first hand how it enhanced my dad's life over and over again as he skirted the inevitable. Please see foundation information below.
God Bless. Sat Nam, DamaDe'
____________________

Dear family and friends,
My dad, Dave passed away peacefully in the hospital
April 18, 2009 after a long and spirited battle with heart disease. He was raised in Pocahontas, Iowa and was the seventh child of Henry and Frieda Foege.

Dave’s intellect and acumen are indisputable. He was a success in his studies and in business. Dave retired to Marco Island, FL in 1990 after a successful career in Washington D.C. where he helped raise his three children. Dave showed his kids how to explore the world fearlessly and to be ever-inquisitive.

When I was in the fourth grade he received a kidney from his brother Ron. Their story was named, "A Second Chance at Life, A Brothers Love," by the local NBC news airing as a series.

His zest and pure determination to live are beyond words. With his flucuant health, our family has been in and out of hospitals with him since 1983. While sitting with him a few weeks ago receieving modern day dialysis, it dawned on me that without question he gives a whole new meaning to the word tenacious.

Throughout his years, he sauntered through many Final Jeopardys, and solved murder mysteries on Rockford Files, Hawaii 5-0 and CSI mere minutes into the storyline. In the early 80s, he loved to watch Road Runner while receiving dialysis.

What was most brilliant about Dave though was his absolute love for life and giddiness about the next adventure. Whether it was taking home the gold medal for a Belly Flop Contest
(in his 50s and competing against people half his age),
bodysurfing in Hawaii, whitewater rafting in Bali, trekking to six continents, or negotiating in fluent German entry into East Germany before The Wall came down (with wife and kids packed into an Opel), we can easily say that he lived life to its fullest and always welcomed a challenge.

Dave earned the name “Dave the Wave” from ship staff for his time spent cruising to far stretches of the globe.

In the last year of his life, he found the greatest pleasure in hugs and kisses from his granddaughter Emma Grace Foege. He is survived by his devoted angel and wife, Susan, his three children Dama, Jody, and Todd, his daughter-in-law, Lindsey, and granddaughter, Emma Grace.

Dave was, no doubt, a fighter.
He was a pioneer in the field of stem-cell research and is one of a handful of people in the world to undergo three cardiac stem-cell therapies. Both he and Susan were creative and relentless in their efforts to breach medical boundaries and live on the cutting-edge of progressive medicine.


My siblings and I have set up a fund in memory of my dad. In an effort to contribute to the cause he was so passionate about and to potentially affect the lives of many, we ask that donations be made to the “David J. Foege Fund for Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research” at the Community Foundation of Collier County, FL. 239-649-5000.

Please view a short youtube video of my dad at a press conference in our home area, Washington D.C., at the U.S. Senate.
This followed a larger conference on the Senate lawn. He and four other stem-cell recipients were invited by Senator Brownback of Kansas in 2006 to stimulate federal funding for stem-cell research. He met with various senators, lobbyists, and reporters in support of adult (non-embryonic) stem-cell research for the benefit of diabetes, heart failure, Parkinson's, blindness, paralysis, and so many other ailments. There are dozens of articles online about my father and his mission. If you have interest in this topic, please Google his name.


Thank you for every intention, prayer, and positive thought sent our way over the past many years. Please know that they ALL helped and were gratefully received.
Let today and every day be a celebration, for that is certainly Dave’s legacy.

Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a Gift
That is why it is called the Present


David J. Foege, may 100,000 angels be by your side. xo, Dama

American Doctors Form Group to Oppose FDA's Stance On Adult Stem Cells

The American Stem Cell Therapy Association has been formed in response to the FDA's position that a patient's own Adult Stem Cells are drugs. The group has been formed by US doctors who believe that standards and regulations should be applied by responsible doctors rather than the FDA. The goal of this group is to bring the use of a patient's own stem cells (proven safe in hundreds of studies) to the United States sooner rather than later.

This is a wonderful development especially for American patients who have no cure or treatment for their conditions other than drugs which only treat the symptoms and often have bad side effects. Congestive Heart Failure is a good example of this. About 50% of heart failure patients die within 5 years of being diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

These heart failure patients don't have the time to wait for all the US clinical trials to be completed which is why so many Americans must go abroad for stem cell treatment. Not only congestive heart failure patients, there are more than 73 other diseases that can be improved through the use of a person's own stem cells.

So while some are urging us to be "advocates of patience" and wait for clinical trials for each disease and condition to run its course, there are thousands of dying patients right now who don't have time to be "patient" for what has been proven safe in hundreds of studies- the use of one's own stem cells.

Dr. Zannos Grekos of Regenocyte, a user of VesCell stem cell therapy is a prominent member of this new organization.

From the article:

"Many patients are dying or suffering daily with incurable diseases or problems that require major surgery. These patients should have access to basic adult stem cell therapy now." stated Christopher J. Centeno, M.D, an ASCTA physician member. "ASCTA is establishing guidelines which will allow the safe use of the patient's own adult stem cells under the supervision of doctors." continued Centeno.

These doctors are not saying that should be no regulations. However, they do want to take it out of the hands of the FDA who Don Margolis says treat Adult Stem Cells like Viagra.

300,000 Americans die each year of congestive heart failure. If all 300,000 were treated with their own stem cells- that number would be cut significantly. And that is just for heart failure- diabetes, spinal cord injury, crohn's disease, coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease are just a few conditions which Adult stem cells will help.

If you want to become part of this movement, you can join for FREE- just go fill out the contact information at the Stem Cell Docs website

Thanks to Don Margolis' Adult Stem Cell Research blog for the tip on the story.

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Continues Improving After Stem Cell Therapy

Reverend Mike Rumble, a dilated cardiomyopathy patient with congestive heart failure from Florida who was treated by VesCell adult stem cells is reporting more improvement in his ejection fraction in his latest test results. I first featured Mike in December, 2008. His ejection fraction had gone up from 10% before VesCell stem cell therapy to 25% approximately 7-8 months after the stem cell treatment.

Today, Mike is reporting on his own stem cell blog that his ejection fraction has now gone up to 30%. So Mike's ejection fraction has gone up 20 points approximately 10 months after VesCell adult stem cells were implanted. Excellent!

However, Mike is not in the clear yet. He still has his severe mitral valve regurgitation problems. He says if he didn't have that, he believes his ejection fraction would be even higher.

This report would be much better we believe if I did not have severe mitral valve regurgitation where the blood that gets pumped out of the left ventricle falls back into the left ventricle because the mitral valve doesn't close properly. That makes the heart pump harder and thus weaken. Also this causes two other problems. One is a new thing called "Subendo Cardio Ischemia" which means a lack of oxygen and blood nutrients can get into that part of the heart and there is pressure and angina in the heart and chest area. The second problem that occurs is that it further enhances the atrial fibrillation or irregular heart electrical rhythm and thus makes the heart less efficient.

He also is reporting that he has been accepted into an FDA approved trial that should correct his mitral valve problem, but is having difficulty with his insurance. I hope that gets cleared up soon enough.

Let's all say a prayer for Mike and wish him continued improvement. And a round of applause for his big increase in ejection fraction.

VesCell Uses Adult Stem Cells Not Fetal Stem Cells

The story about the young boy from Israel who was suffering from Ataxia and had fetal stem cells implanted into him at a stem cell facility in Russia has made the headlines recently so I wanted to touch on that.

First, let me summarize the story (you can find it here). The boy was suffering from ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare incurable disease that affects 3 in 1,000,000 people. It also normally kills the patient in their teens or early 20's. This is a terrible disease in which the brain is also affected eventually causing the child to slur his speech, confine him to a wheelchair and have immune system problems. As stated above, there is no cure.

The boy's parents apparently took him to Russia where stem cells taken from aborted fetuses (women who had an abortion) were implanted into his brain. These are called Fetal Stem Cells. The fetal stem cells then apparently caused a brain tumor and scientists were able to determine that the tumor grew from the implanted fetal stem cells.

The fetal stem cells are different than our Vescell Adult Stem Cell therapy for heart disease and peripheral artery disease. VesCell only uses Adult Stem Cells taken from the patient's blood. These Adult Stem Cells are then implanted into the patient's heart, coronary arteries or peripheral arteries depending on the patient's condition. Simply put, we implant a large amount of the patient's own stem cells into the right spots so the stem cells may potentially do the most good.

Since Vescell only uses the patient's own stem cells, there is no risk of the body rejecting the stem cells or of the stem cells creating tumors.

Lost among the hoopla of this story is the fact that the tumors were benign and he still has the ataxia problem. My prayers go out to this boy and I hope he is doing better now.

Stem Cells from VesCell Help Another Patient With Congestive Heart Failure

Robert Pleva, a 60 year old electrician from Florida is back to work full time after being treated with VesCell adult stem cells for his congestive heart failure. Pleva had been facing a heart transplant due to heart damage suffered in a 1999 heart attack.

Luckily, Pleva found Dr. Zannos Grekos of Regenocyte, a stem cell treatment company using VesCell stem cell technology from Theravitae to treat heart and peripheral artery disease patients with their own stem cells. In my last post, I posted a published stem cell study on Dr. Grekos' successfully treating heart disease patients in the Anti-Aging Medical News publication.

I am also happy to announce that Robert is back to work full time and in his words

“I feel so good and have so much energy,” he explains. “The best part about it is being able to do things I haven’t done in a long time.”

Pleva had a 28% ejection fraction before VesCell adult stem cells were implanted in June 2008. In January 2009, Pleva's ejection fraction had risen to 44% and as his wife says

“His blood pressure has come way down, so he’s been taken off many of his prescriptions,” she explains. “We’re just taking it one step at a time…and I’m getting my husband back.”

Let's hope Mr. Pleva stays healthy. As Valentine's Day is upon us for Mr. and Mrs. Pleva, I think it is appropriate that Pleva's heart seems to be healthy physically as well as mentally.

Here is the original article on Robert Pleva's stem cell therapy

Results of Doctor Using VesCell for Heart Disease Published in Medical Journal

Today, I have a published medical article from the Winter 2008 edition of Anti-Aging Medical News. Dr. Zannos Grekos M.D. of Regenocyte has published his results from treating Ischemic Cardiomyopathy patients using VesCell Adult Stem Cells.

In this article (see below), Dr. Grekos took 16 heart disease patients with an Ejection fraction of less than 45% and New York Heart Failure class of II or greater and treated them with Theravitae's VesCell technology.

And the results?

• At the beginning, these 16 heart disease patients had an average resting Ejection fraction of 28%. After 6 months, the average resting ejection fraction was 49%- an increase of 21 points!

• What about stress ejection fraction (measured on a stress test)? The results were even better. Starting from an average of 36% before stem cell treatment, the patients had a stress ejection fraction of 64.5% - 6 months after the Adult Stem Cells were implanted. This was an increase of 28.5 points!

All of you heart patients out there know that these are pretty good results. You can see these results along with the entire published article below:

Stem Cell Therapy Definitely Helps Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Results of Patients Treated with Adult Stem Cells for Heart Disease

One of the most frequent questions we get asked here about our overseas treatment is "Does VesCell Adult Stem Cell therapy work for patients with Heart Disease?"

We have hundreds of patients who have gone through the "Vescell" experience and have a better quality of life to show for it. I sincerely believe they would answer "yes" to that question.

Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease patients like James Eilert, Andy Jordan, Joe Woolfolk and over 200 others have been helped with our stem cell treatment for the heart muscle and coronary arteries which consists of a patient being treated with adult stem cells taken from his/her own body in a simple, non-invasive procedure.

We have just completed a review of our treated heart patients to date and have compiled some results for you to judge for yourself.

Significant results include:

1. Heart disease patients suffering from angina dropped from an average of 2.58 on the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) scale to a 1.64- almost one full class. According to the CCS scale, a lower score is better- a score of one is normal with no symptoms. Therefore, a drop from 2.58 to 1.64 is excellent!
   
2. Patients' stress ejection fraction went up 11 points!! From an average of 35% before stem cell treatment all the way up to an average ejection fraction of 46% after stem cell therapy. I think most cardiologists would agree that an improvement in ejection fraction from 35% to 46% is tremendous.
   

Please see the presentation below for more of our results. The presentation includes details on patient nationalities, patient symptoms, amount of stem cells implanted, and more information that you may find pertinent.

If you don't have much patience, I suggest you scroll down and start on Slide 11 or 12 as that is where we post the results of the stem cell therapy (rather than patient characteristics). The presentation also features a case study of a heart patient at the very end.

Vescell Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease- Results