Archive for December, 2013

Suzanne Somers is an Avid Supporter of Adult Stem Cells

Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Stem Cell Worx Catches Up With Suzanne Somers

Stem Cell Worx Catches Up With Suzanne Somers

Stem Cell Worx caught up with Suzanne Somers today at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Conference in Las Vegas.

Suzanne is an avid supporter and recipient of adult stem cell therapy and treatments.

In 2011 Suzanne Somers’ was among the first in the USA at that time to have breast reconstruction surgery using her own stem cells.  This came about as 12 years earlier Doctors found a malignant tumor in her right breast.  Back then she had a lumpectomy and radiation treatments.

“I thought they’d take a quarter’s worth,” she says. “But the whole bottom half of my breast was gone.”  Six weeks of radiation “left what breast I had flatter and flatter. I had a Double D on one side and on the other side I could hardly fill a B.”

Plastic surgeon Dr. Joel Aronowitz removed fat from Somers’ stomach via liposuction. He then harvested her own stem cells from half of the fat and combined them with the remaining amount of fat that was then injected back into her breast.

Below is a video link to hear more about Suzanne’s stem cell breast surgery.

As Suzanne pointed out today at the A4M “adult stem cells are the way of the future.”

Suzanne Somers is not one to hide her personal experiences and treatments.  In addition to her hormone replacement therapy, she takes up to 60 health supplements a day.  Suzanne is to be congratulated on educating so many on the importance of health supplementation, and the importance of getting your hormones checked and in balance.

“I take estrogen, progesterone in a cyclic manner,” admits Somers. “I just recently added in testosterone, because I was finding my libido not quite what it’s been. Every day I take DHEA. I take prognenalone (PH), which also stirs up your sex hormones.”

At 67 years of age, Suzanne looks fantastic.  Her photos don’t actually do her justice.  She looks slimmer and even more attractive in real life.

 

Video link: Suzanne discusses stem cell breast surgery.

Adult Stem Cells, Proteins and Link Toward Treatment For Baldness

Saturday, December 14th, 2013

Scientists at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania have identified proteins that regulate adult stem cells that appear to be key to the growth of hair follicles. By manipulating the so-called Wnt proteins, it may be possible to prompt hair growth of dormant hair follicles or prevent the growth of unwanted hair.

“While more research is needed to improve our understanding of this pathway, our results suggest that therapeutics capable of decreasing levels of [Wnt action] in the skin could potentially be used to block growth of unwanted hair, and/or to treat certain skin tumors,” said Sarah Millar, who helped conduct the study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell referenced below.

“Conversely, if delivered in a limited, safe and controlled way, agents that activate Wnt signaling might be used to promote hair growth in dormant hair follicles in conditions such as male pattern baldness.”

Millar’s team examined the functions of Wnt proteins, which are small molecular messengers that convey information between cells. By manipulating Wnt signaling in an animal studies, the team found that hair growth could be prevented or stimulated.

Source:  http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(13)00449-9