And now, live cell therapy

Ever heard of live cell therapy?

According to Obagi (Philippines) head Joey Santos, the therapy has been around since early 1931 when Swiss doctor Prof. Paul Niehans first injected cells originating from animal organs, practicing the method until he died in 1971. He introduced the method to German Dr. Phillip Janson in 1948-49, and Dr. Wolfgang Janson-Muller took over the practice in 1968 and has perfected it in the course of 35 years. Said Dr. Med Janson-Muller, “My father has been applying the therapy since 1998 in accordance with the Niehans method.”

According to the Janson-Muller website, the method involves immediate processing of the required organs after harvesting the live cells from the donor animal without any measure of preservation and subsequent intramuscular injection into the patient.

The preparation used in cell therapy is a suspension of many hundreds of thousands of cells and tiny cell groups. Each cell is a small organism in itself with its own life and metabolism. In being the smallest unit, the cell is the carrier of life. All human and animal organ cells are formed in accordance with a uniform basic scheme and possess the same structures and basic physiological functions.

Cell therapy uses organ taken from fetal or juvenile animal. Fetal cells are preferred to cells from adult animals because they are easier to obtain sterile and their minimal allergizing characteristics make them more compatible for recipients. The fetus, unborn in the womb, does not dispose over any immune activity itself.