Ann Bonarelli- Back on the dance floor

Stem Cell Guy has another success story for you today. Last week you may remember we received a couple of emails from Ann Bonarelli, who received her adult stem cells about four months ago. Well, from those emails, we sort of made a new press release out of it. It may give all of you stem cell fans a clearer picture of Ann and her wonderful story. Without further ado, Stem Cell Guy is proud to present Ann Bonarelli, heart disease patient and now adult stem cell recipient---

OH PLEASE STEM CELL GUY!! GIVE US MORE!

For My Homey Mr. Homeier

Yo HOMEYS!!

Part II-

Stem Cell Guy is in da house!! As you may remember...last week, we got a story in from one of the homeys...Christian Homeier, one of three brothers treated with Vescell- Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease. Stem Cell Guy deliberately kept you on the edge of your seat, holding back the ending of "Another Home Run for Homeier". Well, Stem Cell Guy will keep you on the edge no longer. Check out his finish about how our Vescell -stem cell therapy for heart disease works. YEAAHHHHHH!!!--

And for those of you who missed Friday's post...simply scroll down to "Another Home Run for Homeier to read Part I.

BOOYAAAA

1. Since this process is not approved, as yet, here in the United States, my brothers had to be approved and accepted by an accredited hospital that performs this operation. This hospital is located in Bangkok, Thailand.

2. After arriving in Bangkok, registering at the hospital, and taking some prelimnary tests, the doctors draws one-half (1/2) pint of blood from the heart patient. This blood is sent immediately to the laboratory in Israel.

3. The patent remains close to the hospital (in a beautiful hotel) until the blood is processed and returned. This process takes about seven (7) days.

4. At the laboratory in Israel,

a. The Scientists isolate and remove stem cells that will help the patient.

b. The stem cell is copied and reproduced.

c. Not only are the stem cells copied and reproduced, the process as discovered by the Israel scientists, the adult stem cells are TRAINED to concentrate and repair the damaged heart.

5. The reproduced, trained, adult stem cells are returned to the hospital.

6. The patient is notified one day before the adult stem cells are to arrive and is admitted for preparation of having his/her own blood adult stem cells reinserted back into his/her body.

7. During the hour mini-surgery by Dr. Kitiphan Arom, a co-founder of the famed Minneapolis Heart Institute, the patients own adult stem cells are injected directly into the damaged heart. Or, the stem cells can be implanted via catheter in a very simple procedure much like an angiogram.

8. After surgery, the patient is sent to the ICU to be observed and ministered to by a staff of doctors for about four (4) days. A nurse sits with the patient on a 24 hour watch during the stay in ICU.

9. After ICU, the patient is then transferred to the recovery hospital room for rehabilitation and instructions. This takes about three (3) days.

10. The heart patient then is released by doctor approval from the hospital back to the hotel where he/she is required to stay for about one (1) week. During that week, the patient returns each day to the hospital for check ups and continued rehabilitation.

11. After this week and with the approval of the staff of doctors, the patient is approved to return home.

12. On arrival back home, the patient is required to meet with his/her doctor with all the information about the stem cell process. The doctor will monitor the progress of the patient. There is no requirement to return for more stem cell injections. One is enough (unless the patient continues a poor diet and continues to smoke).

What are the results of my brothers’ experiences with this major stem cell process? After one year, my brother John is doing what he used to do on a daily basis, playing golf, walking with no problems and working every day. His statement, “I can do anything I want to do. TheraVitae saved my life.” His heart rhythm has improved to about forty percent (40%). My brother Walter and I just returned from Thailand, and we are looking forward to his improvement.

I am so very impressed with the results of this procedure. I was able to speak to many heart patients who have received the adult stem cell treatment from Thera Vitae. About eighty percent (80%) of them stated remarkable improvement in their heart problems.

I see no downside to this Adult Stem Cell process.

a. The patients own blood is used.

b. You do not need embryonic cells, fetal cells of umbilical cord blood.

c. There are many success testimonials.

d. So far, in over 200 treated patients, there are no permanent side effects

This process continues to be used today at Bangkok General Hospital and three others in Thailand. I witnessed the fantastic care and support the staff of doctors, the staff of nurses and above all, the individual staff of Thera Vitae gave to my brothers. Bangkok General Hospital is a very modern and well organized hospital compared to the hospitals in the United States.

The approximate cost for this successful procedure provided by Thera Vitae is about $35,000.which includes the adult stem cell process, hospital stay, ground transportation and a 4-star hotel. Additional costs amount to about $25,000 to $35,000 for first class air transportation, hotel and meals. Using economy class airfare results in total extra costs under $10,000. Thera Vitae provides complete coordination for this experience.

IS YOUR LIFE WORTH THIS COST? My brothers lives are.

Stem Cell Guy is Back!

Well, it has been a long time. It is great to be back. I would like to thank all of you (Mom and Dad) who wrote in and asked about the Stem Cell Guy. Due to circumstances beyond my control, Stem Cell Guy was taken off blogging duties and asked to concentrate elsewhere in the company. However, thanks to all of your letters, the boss had no choice but to let me blog again. I'm going to "Warm it up Kriss, Cause that's (blogging) what I was born to do"

First off, I'd like to introduce my new assistant- Miss Theravitae. Miss Theravitae just graduated from a prestigious Thai University and is currently learning the ropes here at Theravitae - makers of Vescell for Heart Disease

She just started her own blog. Unfortunately, it will be difficult for you to read because it is in the Thai language. However, if you wish to take a quick peek, click here

She will be making guest appearances on this blog from time to time and Stem Cell Guy is very lucky to have her helping here.

No more sappy intros....let's get down to business. We have been working to improve our Vescell website. We wanted to make it more friendly to you- the patients, rather than add any more stuffy scientific stuff like "Our stem cell cultures were tested for their morphology, expression of cellular markers, in vitro physiological activity of cytokine secretion and formation of tube-like structures" YAWN!

We just reposted the 2 articles about Vescell in Time Magazine. Click here and here to check them out.

Keep checking back here. Stem Cell Guy will have more patient stories very soon.

Thanks again for being fans- SCG

Stem Cells Bring Sick Americans Overseas

Stem Cell Guy has yet another newspaper story for you. I hope all of Stem Cell Guy's fans aren't bored reading this stuff. Yawn, another Theravitae patient treated for heart disease with his own adult stem cells and then getting better.

Timothy Maura is the latest to "bore" us here at Theravitae and we are jubilant about it.

Tim Maura is improving after receiving his stem cell therapy for his coronary heart disease (Or is it coronary artery disease? Or is it ischemic heart disease?) Simpleton Stem Cell Guy would just prefer "blocked arteries" to avoid the confusion. Nevermind, let's stay focused this week on Tim Maura.
Tim came to Bangkok, Thailand for Theravitae's Vescell stem cell therapy just over a year ago. And the results have been terrific. Before, Tim's heart problems were slowing him down so much he had to stop working. These days, due to a huge reduction in Tim's angina symptoms, Tim is working again and that is music to Theravitae's ears.

Tim Maura had read the predictions that human stem cells could someday cure countless illnesses. "Someday" was too far away.
He was disabled by heart trouble. Failed vessels blocked blood from reaching part of his heart. Surgery couldn't fix it. Chronic chest pain forced him to quit work in 2005.
A year ago, Maura and his wife, Robin, cobbled together $30,000 and flew to Thailand, where doctors injected stem cells near his heart to try to sprout new blood vessels.

Read the whole thing!

Heart patients head to Bangkok for life-saving stem cell treatment

Theravitae appears in the mainstream media from time to time and Stem Cell Guy is always happy and proud to post the news here in this blog. However, Stem Cell Guy is praying for the day when this VesCell adult stem cell therapy is so ho-hum that it will no longer warrant a story in the local newspaper or Time magazine (shameless plug). How many newspaper articles do you see about Joe 6-Pack getting an angioplasty? Or, how many magazines write about Nancy in Omaha getting a bypass? Theravitae's goal is to make their Vescell adult stem cell therapy so common and prevalent that it will no longer warrant any story at all.

Allow me to step down from my pulpit and stop preaching. Let's get to the good stuff-

Reporters from Agence France-Presse flew all the way to Bangkok, Thailand to see our stem cell procedure in action. Stem Cell Guy did not give them croissants and freedom fries, but we did provide them with Douglas Rice, a 61 year old man from the United States. Another good man featured prominently in this article is our very own Dr. Suphachai...check out what he had to say-

"We don't know yet whether the procedure helps patients to live longer, but it relieves their pain. We can help them to have a better quality of life. As a doctor, I think we should," he said.Most of the patients are people with such serious heart disease that every other available treatment has failed them, according to Israel-based Theravitae, the company that developed the treatment.

Read the whole thing

Theravitae Hits a Home Run with Homeier!

"Don't have a life" Stem Cell Guy was perusing his mailbag again this weekend(What is this Super Bowl thing people keep talking about?) and lo and behold...look what he found - a forwarded email from Don (founder of Theravitae and Stem Cell Guy's boss). This letter was from John Homeier, an owner of a small oil company. John evidently struck oil with Theravitae's Vescell adult stem cell therapy for heart disease. Look what he had to say:

Dear Don:

I want to bring you up-to-date on my physical condition since I had my stem cell injection eleven months ago on March 1, 2006, in Bangkok, Thailand, through your company, TheraVitae.

I am amazed how great I feel with my tremendous heart improvement from the results of your stem cell treatment with TheraVitae. It is truly a “MIRACLE”! With proper daily exercise, eating healthy foods, and taking newly prescribed medicines from your doctors at TheraVitae, you have given new life to a 70 year old man who was almost ready to pass on to a different world. I owe my life to three of the best doctors in the world; Dr. Kittipan, Dr. Permyos, and especially Dr. Sukhum.

My body muscles have redeveloped and I no longer get short of breath during daily activities. The only time I am short of oxygen is under extreme exercise. At present, I am walking 20 minutes at three miles per hour at a 1% grade on the treadmill. I feel so great that I am able break into a sprint at 5 miles per hour for up to a minute and a half. My goal is to run a one-half mile sprint at five miles per hour in six minutes by my birth month, September. I still can hardly believe that my worn out heart and depressed lifestyle has been given a new high quality athletic life. It is truly a gift from God that your company, TheraVitae, has given me to achieve this.

As you know, Don, I am 70 years old and I am still able to run a very successful company thanks to you. I am willing to do anything I can to help other people in the world be made aware of the technology your company has to offer

Thank you from the bottom of my heart,

Very truly yours,

John F. Homeier



Thanks for the letter John. If John continuously improves his sprinting at this same rate, catching Maurice Greene or Carl Lewis won't be out of the question. Keep it up John. We are cheering for you!