Joy Kong, MDRegenerative Medicine Physician, Educator, and Entrepreneur

Stem Cells and Cancer | Research and Clinical Trials #shorts #cancerresearch

31 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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Short clinician-authored YouTube video (Joy Kong, MD) summarizing potential cancer risks and benefits tied to stem cell source. The speaker asserts younger mesenchymal stem cells tend to have anti-cancer properties; umbilical-cord-derived adult stem cells are described as generally anti-cancer; autologous adult stem cells (from one's own bone marrow or fat) are said to have greater risk of enhancing existing cancers rather than causing new ones.

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If I'm doing stem cell treatments, I'm trying to enhance my health. But is this going to promote cancer possibilities if you're using younger cells? From what I've seen from research, younger mesenchymal stem cells have generally anti cancer properties. But if you use your own stem cells, then there's much more risk of enhancing existing cancer, so not causing new cancer. Right, because we're talking about adult stem cells. We're not talking about embryonic or induced pluripotent stem, so we're talking about adult stem cells. But if it's from umbilical cord source, it is generally anti cancer. But if it's from your own person, from your own bone marrow or fat, then there's a tendency to enhance cancer growth.