In our mission to simplify access to information on stem cell therapy, we are launching a new podcast. In this post we will link to the first episode of Talking About Stem Cells. It is a short introduction. We will introduce ourselves and discuss the topics we will cover in the series.
Talking About Stem Cells – episode 0 – Introducing Hagai and Shira
You can listen to the podcast episode on Spotify and Podbean or watch on YouTube
Episode transcription
Hagai: Hi, everybody. My name is Hagai Reiner from Autism Essentials Israel. And next to me is my lovely wife, Shira Reiner, who also works together with me in our company. And this is Talking About Stem Cells, a podcast about stem cell therapy for a variety of patients with a variety of conditions.
Our journey to stem cell therapy
Shira, how long have you been doing this?
Shira: So we’ve been doing this for quite a long time. What happened was that when our first child was diagnosed with autism in 2016. I was pregnant and we were about to have a third child. We preserved the baby’s cord blood, because of something I heard during nursing school, way back when, about stem cell therapy for neurological spinal shock. We thought if it worked for these people, it may help our son.
And from that point on, we went on this crazy journey.
We flew from one country to another and we met different people in different fields. And we helped establish this study here in our homeland.
What the “Talking About Stem Cells” podcast is about
Over the next few weeks what we’re going to be interviewing different people who work with stem cells, or people who had stem cell therapy. What kind of protocols are there out there for you? What kind of conditions can be treated with stem cell therapy? How to work best with them? What should we do before and after a stem cell therapy?
We’re going to be asking many people, what can we do to get the best results.
Right?
Hagai: Yeah.
Shira: And we are coming here to ask you guys: what do you want to know about stem cell therapy? So join us in our crazy, crazy journey around the world to ask and learn more about stem cells.
Hagai: And what are we talking about today?
Shira: So today, we’re gonna talk a little bit about our personal journey with stem cell therapy.
Of course, we’re also gonna be discussing these issues around this podcast with different people.
How many treatments
I think that for us, the biggest question is, where are we going next? We’ve been in the stem cell world for quite a long time, about seven years now. I wonder how to proceed from here. So, our journey started in 2016, and we’re still on this journey. How many treatments have we had? I think we’ve
Hagai: well…
Shira: … two, we had two cord blood therapies. And among four children, we had 25 treatments for autism and epilepsy. I had two, two treatments. One for a spinal cord injury I had a ruptured disc last year, and one for post-pregnancy diabetes care. And you had one because of asthma.
Hagai: No, I no longer had asthma back then.
I just had a general treatment to see what you other guys are doing. Because my four kids, my wife, and my mother who had stem cell therapy. So I just had a little bit of a treatment done to see how it feels. I didn’t really feel anything when I tried it back then.
Shira: Well, when you’re healthy, you’re healthy.
So we’ve been in this process for quite a long time. During the time that we’ve been doing stem cell therapy, we’ve gone through ups and downs. We’ve been in different countries, and we’ve reviewed many clinics. And I think we both have a favorite.
Hagai: Obviously. Because we’ve been going back to the same clinic over and over again.
Shira: We will be interviewing that clinic here. But we see amazing processes done, right? We see lots of clinical trials from all over the world. I think we each have our favorite trial to follow up on. What’s your favorite?
Choosing a stem cell therapy clinic
Hagai: So the question is maybe not which one is my favorite, since we’ve been going to the same clinic over and over again, but do you think that other clinics are also good? Is it okay to send people to a clinic we haven’t been to?
Shira: I think so, yeah. I mean, when I think about a clinic, I look for signs that it’s safe. So, is it clean? Do I have good reviews? What’s the origin of the cells there? What’s their processing protocol? Stuff like that. And if I feel it’s
Hagai: Licenses?
Shira: Licenses, obviously. very important. Licenses with stem cell therapy is an extremely difficult topic.
Licenses and stem cell therapy are a big issue, because stem cells are used for a variety of treatments. One of the things that is interesting is how different countries handle laws on stem cell therapy.
So for example, in our home country, there’s just a cord blood clinical trial. And, the cord blood is only from the child themselves in this trial.
It’s a bit different in every country. For example, in some countries, you’re allowed to use certain types of stem cells but not others. And so learning about the different options and different variety of stem cell therapy are extremely interesting. We’re gonna discuss a lot of these subjects during our podcast.
An invitation to participate in the discussion
We think that it’s extremely important that people speak honestly and openly about stem cell therapy. We are inviting you to join us to this amazing journey we’re taking. Follow us and to view the next podcast episode.
Of course, we will leave contact information for clinics that come and present. If there are clinics that you are interested for us to interview, please let us know. We believe that everybody has room at this table. So thank you very much for being with us. This is Talking About Stem Cells, and we will see you on our next episode.
Have a great day. Bye!
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