Dr. Adeel Khan
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And so that takes years of training. And then on top of that, you have to know which products to use. So I think people don't realize this is a very specialized field. It's not like anyone can just do it despite a lot of people just offering stem cells. You know what I mean? A lot of people are like, yeah, I do stem cells.
And so that takes years of training. And then on top of that, you have to know which products to use. So I think people don't realize this is a very specialized field. It's not like anyone can just do it despite a lot of people just offering stem cells. You know what I mean? A lot of people are like, yeah, I do stem cells.
It's like, well, you can't, it's not, it's not just like, you can't just like do that. It's like doing, to me, it's like almost doing surgery. It's like, I don't just do surgery just for the sake of it. You know?
It's like, well, you can't, it's not, it's not just like, you can't just like do that. It's like doing, to me, it's like almost doing surgery. It's like, I don't just do surgery just for the sake of it. You know?
Yeah. And so the image guidance is very key to it. And the results for musculoskeletal conditions, chronic pain, even neuropathic pain has been very consistent, meaning the only patients that I find that don't get better usually just need a second treatment or sometimes a third in very rare cases. So it's just a dosing thing.
Yeah. And so the image guidance is very key to it. And the results for musculoskeletal conditions, chronic pain, even neuropathic pain has been very consistent, meaning the only patients that I find that don't get better usually just need a second treatment or sometimes a third in very rare cases. So it's just a dosing thing.
We don't know the perfect dosing for everyone, but we're starting to learn that more and more
We don't know the perfect dosing for everyone, but we're starting to learn that more and more
Cause some people respond great to one treatment and some people need two treatments and we don't really know why.
Cause some people respond great to one treatment and some people need two treatments and we don't really know why.
Yeah. So I work with a company called mini circle and mini circle has the world's first reversible plasma gene therapy. So what that means is it's basically a way for us to transmit any gene of interest up to a certain size to your body. So for example,
Yeah. So I work with a company called mini circle and mini circle has the world's first reversible plasma gene therapy. So what that means is it's basically a way for us to transmit any gene of interest up to a certain size to your body. So for example,
If there's a gene like phallostatin, which is a bioidentical peptide hormone in your body, and we want your body to produce more of that, we can put it onto this mini circle vector. We call it mini circle because literally it's like a circular strand of DNA that
If there's a gene like phallostatin, which is a bioidentical peptide hormone in your body, and we want your body to produce more of that, we can put it onto this mini circle vector. We call it mini circle because literally it's like a circular strand of DNA that
and you insert that phallostatin gene onto there and then you can inject it and then that will transmit it to your cell and tell your cell hey your cell will now read that instructions and then it'll say hey i need to produce more phallostatin and then phallostatin goes into the blood and you raise your phallostatin levels and that has all these downstream benefits which we can talk about in a second but the vector is what people need to obviously is you know probably being like holy what was what is he talking about right the vector is scary you're like what are you doing like
and you insert that phallostatin gene onto there and then you can inject it and then that will transmit it to your cell and tell your cell hey your cell will now read that instructions and then it'll say hey i need to produce more phallostatin and then phallostatin goes into the blood and you raise your phallostatin levels and that has all these downstream benefits which we can talk about in a second but the vector is what people need to obviously is you know probably being like holy what was what is he talking about right the vector is scary you're like what are you doing like
Yeah, exactly. Are you modifying my DNA?
Yeah, exactly. Are you modifying my DNA?
Yeah, exactly. So it's not as advanced as CRISPR, which is kind of the gene editing technology where you're actually cutting out different strands of DNA and kind of putting them back together. This isn't as complicated as that. It's not as powerful as that either, but it is still a form of genetic modification because We are inserting a foreign DNA into your body.
Yeah, exactly. So it's not as advanced as CRISPR, which is kind of the gene editing technology where you're actually cutting out different strands of DNA and kind of putting them back together. This isn't as complicated as that. It's not as powerful as that either, but it is still a form of genetic modification because We are inserting a foreign DNA into your body.