Christian Drapeau

Nice, nice. Great pleasure to be with you, Dylan.

Nice, nice. Great pleasure to be with you, Dylan.

Okay. Well, it's an interesting story, I think. Not because it's my story, but as a scientist, to me, what is fascinating, anytime during my schooling or after, anytime I would hear a story about somebody who discovered something through what I would refer to as the traditional scientific investigation, meaning... You start with no desire.

Okay. Well, it's an interesting story, I think. Not because it's my story, but as a scientist, to me, what is fascinating, anytime during my schooling or after, anytime I would hear a story about somebody who discovered something through what I would refer to as the traditional scientific investigation, meaning... You start with no desire.

All you want is that you have something in front of you that you can't really explain, and you're just trying to find an explanation. So you position a hypothesis, you follow it, you test it in the lab, and then you move forward. And at some point, either you discover nothing or you discover something that changes everything.

All you want is that you have something in front of you that you can't really explain, and you're just trying to find an explanation. So you position a hypothesis, you follow it, you test it in the lab, and then you move forward. And at some point, either you discover nothing or you discover something that changes everything.

And in this case with the stem cells, I think we discovered something that is like completely changing our understanding of health, wellness, disease formation, longevity. But it started really in a very benign way. I knew nothing about stem cells. I was studying this blue green algae from Klamath Lake. You may have heard of the product.

And in this case with the stem cells, I think we discovered something that is like completely changing our understanding of health, wellness, disease formation, longevity. But it started really in a very benign way. I knew nothing about stem cells. I was studying this blue green algae from Klamath Lake. You may have heard of the product.

So I was hired in 1995 to study how this plant was working in the body. This was just after the passage of the DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. And the company selling this product needed to have an explanation, a mechanism of action to be able to support and data to be able to support the claims that they were making. So that's how I started.

So I was hired in 1995 to study how this plant was working in the body. This was just after the passage of the DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. And the company selling this product needed to have an explanation, a mechanism of action to be able to support and data to be able to support the claims that they were making. So that's how I started.

So I'll make the story short here. But as I'm studying this plant, we quickly identified its main mechanisms of action. But as I'm researching it, I come across people who, after consuming this blue green algae plant, at reversal of multiple sclerosis, diabetes, heart disease, emphysema, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, liver failure.

So I'll make the story short here. But as I'm studying this plant, we quickly identified its main mechanisms of action. But as I'm researching it, I come across people who, after consuming this blue green algae plant, at reversal of multiple sclerosis, diabetes, heart disease, emphysema, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, liver failure.

I mean, conditions, not only the stories were very impressive, but they were touching all aspects of human health. So for me, the question as a scientist was, after some time, I could not deny the results that we were seeing. But the question was, what is the one thing that this plant is doing that is helping improve

I mean, conditions, not only the stories were very impressive, but they were touching all aspects of human health. So for me, the question as a scientist was, after some time, I could not deny the results that we were seeing. But the question was, what is the one thing that this plant is doing that is helping improve

In one person, the pancreas, in someone else's, the liver, someone else's, the lungs, someone else's, the heart, and so on. So we had no real understanding for a number of years until one day I came across an article documenting for the first time, to my knowledge, stem cells going from the bone marrow to the brain and becoming a brain cell.

In one person, the pancreas, in someone else's, the liver, someone else's, the lungs, someone else's, the heart, and so on. So we had no real understanding for a number of years until one day I came across an article documenting for the first time, to my knowledge, stem cells going from the bone marrow to the brain and becoming a brain cell.

So you go back in 2001, stem cells are only known to be precursors to blood cells. Our knowledge is that that's what stem cells are doing. They're not becoming cells of your heart or anything else. And of all organs of the body, my background is brain research, we are told and we were told that the brain does not regenerate.

So you go back in 2001, stem cells are only known to be precursors to blood cells. Our knowledge is that that's what stem cells are doing. They're not becoming cells of your heart or anything else. And of all organs of the body, my background is brain research, we are told and we were told that the brain does not regenerate.

So to see a stem cell going from the bone marrow to the brain becoming a brain cell, I thought it was like amazingly interesting. So I went to the local library to see what else I could find, the medical library, and I found one other article documenting stem cells becoming heart cells and another one documenting stem cells becoming liver cells. So we're back in 2001 here. I thought...

So to see a stem cell going from the bone marrow to the brain becoming a brain cell, I thought it was like amazingly interesting. So I went to the local library to see what else I could find, the medical library, and I found one other article documenting stem cells becoming heart cells and another one documenting stem cells becoming liver cells. So we're back in 2001 here. I thought...