Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a gradually progressive illness of the brain, affecting millions of individuals throughout the world. Exact cause is unknown, although researchers believe environmental and lifestyle factors along with genetics, play a role in its manifestation.

Plaque and toxin deposits accumulate in the brain, as a result the healthy neurons (nerve cells) work together less efficiently and eventually die. As damage progresses to key segments of the brain, cognitive function and memories will get affected, all while the size of the brain may shrink as a whole.

How does stem cell therapy benefit Alzhiemer’s?

Adult stem cell therapy offers hope to individuals with early onset AD, because it is a progressive disorder, the earlier treatment starts the better the chances of not experiencing symptoms of AD. Most with AD suffer from confusion, memory dysfunction, inability to learn and finally hallucinations & delusions as the disease progresses.

All these manifestations are caused by the deposition of amyloid plaques, it can be seen as a type of scarring and fibrosis. Stem cell therapy works by targeting the amyloid deposits to breakdown the fibrosis, which may eventually result in removal of the formed amyloid plaques. Moreover, stem cell therapy has the potential to activate the neural stem cells, in a effort to replace the lost neurons.

As a result of the treatment, patients report better ability to remember and improved recall.

The Procedure

Stem cell treatments at TheSwissClinic are minimally invasive, most often an outpatient procedure so patient may go home the same day. Recovery times vary patient to patient, we strive to keep our patients downtime to the minimum. What happens at our clinic on the day of your procedure:

• Physician makes a tiny puncture through your skin either in abdomen or thighs, to harvest a small amount of fat.
• The fat is then processed in a Lipogems device using sterile saline solution. During this gentle process of micro-fragmentation, fat is washed, rinsed and resized into smaller clusters all while maintaining its natural healing phenomenon. This closed-loop system removes blood, fatty oils and inflammatory cells, leaving behind the concentrated fat (pericytes) which is therapeutic.
• Prior to stem cell therapy infusion, mannitol, a type of intravenous fliud, is administered. This is to facilitate the stem cells in crossing the blood brain barrier, for a more effective stem cells delivery.
• Physician injects the resultant cells into the blood stream intravenously. The amount administered is altered according to ones individualized treatment plan.