The term culture (also called expansion) refers to the process of multiplying stem cells in a laboratory. The culture process basically multiplies your stem cells and can turn one million stem cells into millions and billions of stem cells. These types of cultured stem cells can be legally used in the United State when they are returned or used by the donor, or the person who donate the fat to make the stem cells. This is called Autologous use. The very same stem cells may be used by the Donor’s immediate family if the family member is a 1st or 2nd degree blood relative. When these Cultured Stem Cells are used or implanted in humans that are not the donor, or the donor’s immediate family this type of stem cell use is not legal in the United States and many other countries.

The type of culture process is also very important. The cells can be grown in an Incubator or Bioreactor. The incubator is a slower process and takes much longer. It is also less likely or easier to monitor for cell growth irregularities. We believe this process produces better, healthier stem cells. When incubated correctly the incubator creates a perfect human environment with a similar body temperature, proteins, hormones, and nutrients that should exist in the human body. The drawback is that initially the incubation process is slow and very labor-intensive. The cells need a babysitter 7 days a week.

The bioreactor process forces or stresses cells to grow faster to produce mass volume. This process is used by pharmaceutical companies, and many labs when a larger volume is needed and decrease the price of manufacturing for $100’s per vial of stem cells to PENNIES. The process is known to produce mutations. However, the mutation can be mitigated by controlling the PH level, and multiple other safeguards. A bioreactor is almost never used to Autologous or for Donor personal use of stem cells. Virtually every foreign country you would travel to utilize stem cells would be producing such cells in a bioreactor. Typically a consumer is traveling to a foreign country such as Mexico to pay 3-5 times as much money(often over $20,000 a treatment) for stem cells the cost less to manufacture and are more about profit than healing. These types of stem cells are also known to be weaker and require millions and millions of stem cells to be implanted vias IV or Injection as their survival rate is also very low. Almost all the stem cells die very quickly as they multiple and differentiate into other stem cell types very slowly when put into the human body. Bioreactor expanded stem cells are not naturally expanded and nor is there an actual attempt to mimic the way these cells would grow in the human body. The Bioreactor process forces the stem cells to grow in volume, keep costs reasonable, and to increase profit margins, whereas your body does not. There is a need to use this type of expansion for commercialization of stem cells, vaccines, and to treat masses of people. There is also an argument that more consistent stem cells can be created. However, they would be weaker than your own stem cells or other types of stem cells that are grown in another way.

If you are ready to get started, we ask the you contact physician on the Find a Physician portion of this website or email Vince@agembiomed.com with your questions and contact information. A customer representative will typically contact you within the next 24-48 hours.

We recommend that you talk any doctor on our Physician Finder or talk to your doctor. If you are referred to us by a doctor, we recommend that you talk to the doctor that referred you. If your current doctor is not familiar with stem cells, we would be happy to talk to him or her.

There are hundreds of doctors and other licensed medical professionals in our network. We can provide you with a list of doctors in our network. However, the choice of the doctor ultimately depends on you. You can also ask your doctor to join our network. There are 100's of other participating doctors that are not on our Physician Finder. The doctors on our website are doctors that also perform the minimally invasive 15 minute procedure in the USA. These doctors are happy to work with your doctor even if your doctor is not in our network.

First of all, our mission is keep the process at a minimum cost so that the Stem Cell therapy is available to almost everybody. We even offer financing. We also want to bring ethics and real science to an industry lacking much of this.

Storing stem cells may be the best insurance plan for you and your family. You may not need stem cell therapy now, but who knows what will happen in the future? With the development of stem cell technology, many diseases that are now considered incurable may be solved in the future. When you and your immediate family are using your own stem cells, the chance of being rejected is much less. Although you may not have a disease that requires immediate stem cell treatment, it is wise to plan in advance to have a bunch of 100 bottles of your own stem cells. As we age, diseases and the natural aging process will reduce the number of available stem cells and will develop aging-related diseases. For example, one of our greatest enemies is gravity. No matter who you are, how wealthy you are, how healthy you are or your insurance level, you cannot avoid gravity. As we grow older, gravity will pull our bodies. The older we are, the longer the force of gravity acting on our body (literally).Not only does it tighten our bones and compress our organs, it also pulls hyaluronic acid into our body. A lot of aging, especially on the face, is the loss of hyaluronic acid volume, which is mainly due to the influence of gravity. The same hyaluronic acid is found in our knees and other joints. It's like natural ball bearing grease will be lost with age. It's not that you will encounter problems, but when.Now, if you have one billion stem cells and your knee is injured in five years, then you will have more stem cells to help your 10-20 million mesenchymal stem cells regenerate your knee. Think of father and mother having two jobs so that their children can attend private high schools and improve their chances of enrolling in one of the best universities. Your son is very good at football and has won a scholarship from a prestigious university. Your son is likely to become a professional athlete and earn millions of dollars until he gets injured the following year. The doctor recommended knee surgery, but this would ruin the sophomore football season. Fortunately, his father stored his stem cells and stored 100 vials at -192 degrees Celsius. Before the operation, the family decided to try stem cell therapy, hoping for a "miracle." These are the "miracles" you hear over and over again today, and as science develops, they may become commonplace in the future. This is why it is so important to preserve your stem cells so that you can take advantage of the "miracles" that may happen today or tomorrow and the "miracles" that will undoubtedly occur in the future with the development of medical science.

IND stands for an Investigational New Drug. This means that the FDA has approved the process or procedure used in FDA-regulated research trials. From safety and effectiveness to final distribution to the public or for use by doctors and hospitals, the goals of research trials are many. The FDA will not issue an IND without careful consideration and investigation by the FDA and the company applying to investigate the drug status. The IND is considered the gold standard and is actually the only way to legally approve new drugs into the general US market. The standards and completeness of the FDA and IND procedures are very strict. After careful consideration, the data from the FDA IND has not been further investigated, as are many other countries/regions.

WARNING: Be very cautious of Companies or Doctors making Claims that they have an FDA Approve IND or Investigational New Drug to treat a condition or disease. Be even more suspicious if the clinic or the doctor advertise Open Access or insinuates or claims their Stem Cell Procedure is approved by the FDA. The first test would be to ask them how much the stem cell treatment costs. In an FDA Approved IND or Open Access program the Patient cannot be charged. Let's repeat that in another way. It is Illegal to charge a Patient to participate in an Investigational New Drug study. In an Open Access situation the FDA must approve the procedure and only actually costs can be passed on. Ask for proof from the FDA that any cost you pay is approved by the FDA.