Founded in 2005, the goals of the Drake Biomedical Institute are to promote and advance stem cell treatments and stem cell education.
Americans must get used to the fact that stem cell treatments are only available overseas. You will NOT FIND, as of October 2011, any stem cell therapies being offered in the USA. It is hoped that as more and more people become educated as to what is available overseas, then the US public will be better equipped to demand similar therapy in the US. You do not need Embryonic Stem Cells. The public does not need to fund embryonic stem cell research except as a basic science along with other inquiries into biology in general. Adult Stem Cells from your own bodies are all that you need. Hopefully an informed public will be able to bring these miracle treatments to the USA.
There are many treatments of diseases using stem cells that are available to patients now. Unfortunately, at this time, except for bone marrow transplants, the new stuff is ONLY available internationally. Many severe disabling diseases and conditions are being successfully treated overseas in excellent, top ranked hospitals with world class facilities, and in many cases, by physicians that trained in the USA. We review some of these in our “Current Therapies” Section.
In time, the Institute hopes to have a lab and a treatment facility in Thailand. We are currently engaged in meeting with stem cell scientists and identifying qualified physicians to work with us. In this regard, it is noted that many American scientists have relocated overseas or joint ventured with overseas groups in order to conduct their clinical treatments away from the sometimes disabling regulation of the US government. These clinical treatments are based on solid scientific foundations demonstrating a substantial likelihood of success, and have in fact been largely and spectacularly beneficial to some patients. For example, the Chinese group, one of the most advanced stem cell treatment centers in the world, is led by a group of scientists which trained at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
OK, so, what’s on our menu for you??
The “History” tab will give you a little bit of history of international stem cell treatments, and how the USA was left behind, not because its technology was lacking, but rather due to arrogance in dismissing international advances as “unfounded” and “unproven”.
In the “Current Therapies” we have the meat of why you are here. Rather than invent the wheel, we refer you to and review the worlds’ top websites for patient matching to stem cell therapies, give you some insight into what diseases are being treated and where, and try to highlight the best international centers.
In the “Journal” Section, the Institute maintains an online peer-reviewed medical journal that will publish technical medical reports of successful patient treatments using autologous adult stem cells and other successful patient treatments.
The “PhD” section will direct interested biology graduate students to the 3 year online PhD degree program in stem cell science at the Panama College of Cell Science, sponsored in part by the Institute in keeping with its mission in education.
The Drake Biomedical Institute is interested in what works right now. What are the available therapies now. And in due course, with proper funding, we want to deliver those therapies at a reasonable cost. Hormone replacement therapy is also of great interest. Our lives and the quality of life in later years will be improved by normalizing our physiology through the use of hormones, which have been shown to be closely linked to stem cell development, and may be controllers of stem cell differentiation and proliferation which leads to tissue repair.
This is a very exciting time for medicine, and the last few years have witnessed what amounts to blockbuster observations for stem cell applications the likes of which have not been seen since Louis Pasteur discovered that diseases are caused by germs, or since Watson & Crick defined the DNA molecule. This new field, including hormonal control of regenerative processes will completely change many forms of medical treatment as well as add new treatment modalities where previously there were none. There is no disease or injury involving damaged tissue that is beyond the reach of stem cell applications.
Every great endeavor must have a modest start. Come join us as we explore, learn, and participate. And of course, as we develop ways to deliver regenerative therapies to patients now. Therapies that work. Therapies that greatly improve the patient’s quality of life and possibly extend one’s life expectancy.
And, if you want to do something to help, write your congressional leaders that Adult Stem Cells from tour own body are owned by you, and are not a “drug” subject to regulation by the FDA!
