Christian Drapeau
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So we end up today, over the past 150 years, we have gained an extra 50 years in life expectancy. We don't necessarily have the tools in the body. The body is not prepared to be able to live these extra years with full health. So we need to find ways to almost like hack leverage aspects of our physiology to allow us to live these extra years with more strength, more vitality.
So we end up today, over the past 150 years, we have gained an extra 50 years in life expectancy. We don't necessarily have the tools in the body. The body is not prepared to be able to live these extra years with full health. So we need to find ways to almost like hack leverage aspects of our physiology to allow us to live these extra years with more strength, more vitality.
Testosterone is one aspect, but stem cells is definitely like a core aspect of that.
Testosterone is one aspect, but stem cells is definitely like a core aspect of that.
It's a very interesting question, not easy to answer. I would say somewhere, it's probably a little bit like what you're describing with testosterone. It's not my specialty or my expertise, but my understanding of poor testosterone, not poor testosterone, let's say erectile dysfunction. To a large extent, It is actually driven by poor circulation.
It's a very interesting question, not easy to answer. I would say somewhere, it's probably a little bit like what you're describing with testosterone. It's not my specialty or my expertise, but my understanding of poor testosterone, not poor testosterone, let's say erectile dysfunction. To a large extent, It is actually driven by poor circulation.
It was believed to have a lot of mental aspects, psychological aspects, hormonal aspects. And while they do play some role, the bottom line is probably 80% of the cases is the microcirculation has been affected. It's a cardiovascular problem. Is that right or not?
It was believed to have a lot of mental aspects, psychological aspects, hormonal aspects. And while they do play some role, the bottom line is probably 80% of the cases is the microcirculation has been affected. It's a cardiovascular problem. Is that right or not?
Yeah. So I would say stem cells are a little bit the same. I cannot say that there are not things that can actually affect stem cells directly. I think the bigger problem is that once stem cells have been released... How can we allow them to reach where they need to go, move everywhere in the blood circulation, and do fully what they can do? And the question is more there.
Yeah. So I would say stem cells are a little bit the same. I cannot say that there are not things that can actually affect stem cells directly. I think the bigger problem is that once stem cells have been released... How can we allow them to reach where they need to go, move everywhere in the blood circulation, and do fully what they can do? And the question is more there.
Oftentimes when I give lectures, I show this study. It's a short video that to me is like such an impact. So scientists, a group of Doris Taylor, she took the heart of a mouse, digested that heart with proteolytic enzymes that digest all the cardiac muscle. So after a number of hours, they're left with the soft skeleton of the heart, like the connective tissue of the heart.
Oftentimes when I give lectures, I show this study. It's a short video that to me is like such an impact. So scientists, a group of Doris Taylor, she took the heart of a mouse, digested that heart with proteolytic enzymes that digest all the cardiac muscle. So after a number of hours, they're left with the soft skeleton of the heart, like the connective tissue of the heart.
And on that connective tissue that still retains the trace that it was a heart, they simply lay out the stem cells from that animal. And within about a week, they end up with a beating heart in the test tube.
And on that connective tissue that still retains the trace that it was a heart, they simply lay out the stem cells from that animal. And within about a week, they end up with a beating heart in the test tube.
Your stem cells in your bone marrow can completely reconstruct a heart. And I'm not just saying reconstruct heart cells. I mean reconstruct ventricles, atrium, nervous circuit, electrical circuit of the heart, the valves, everything in the heart for that heart to be functional. It is absolutely mind-blowing. Why is it that these stem cells don't do this in our body?
Your stem cells in your bone marrow can completely reconstruct a heart. And I'm not just saying reconstruct heart cells. I mean reconstruct ventricles, atrium, nervous circuit, electrical circuit of the heart, the valves, everything in the heart for that heart to be functional. It is absolutely mind-blowing. Why is it that these stem cells don't do this in our body?
And the thing is that they're actually doing it. Like we have cases where we have taken people on a heart transplant list, and within a matter of less than two months, they have normal heart function. We have seen that. The question is, these are like exceptional cases. Why in the majority, or in people who tend to have not as good health, why are their stem cells not doing their job?
And the thing is that they're actually doing it. Like we have cases where we have taken people on a heart transplant list, and within a matter of less than two months, they have normal heart function. We have seen that. The question is, these are like exceptional cases. Why in the majority, or in people who tend to have not as good health, why are their stem cells not doing their job?
And there are a number of answers to your question. Number one, there's something that is called a good mobilizer or a poor mobilizer. And the best way to determine if you're a good mobilizer, it's ridiculous, but we just count how many stem cells you have in your blood. If you have a lot of stem cells in your blood, you're deemed to be a good mobilizer. You
And there are a number of answers to your question. Number one, there's something that is called a good mobilizer or a poor mobilizer. And the best way to determine if you're a good mobilizer, it's ridiculous, but we just count how many stem cells you have in your blood. If you have a lot of stem cells in your blood, you're deemed to be a good mobilizer. You