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Re: $Pistol Pete$ post# 21028

Wednesday, 08/16/2017 1:56:11 AM

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 1:56:11 AM

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$PMCB Healthcare Innovations: Cell-in-a-Box PMCB

One of the key challenges of live cell implantation is the body's rejection of anything that "looks" foreign to the immune system. All too often a donated organ or tissue is attacked by the recipient immune system, causing a myriad of problems.

What if, however, those living cells could be encapsulated by a durable shell, allowing the cells inside to operate as usual, but protecting them from an attack by white blood cells?

That's exactly what Cell-in-a-Box from Pharmacyte Biotech Inc (OTCMKTS: PMCB ) does. That is, it envelopes a certain kind of cell in a strong but partially porous shell, allowing them to produce a variety of necessary enzymes, hormones, etc., but without inducing the tissue scarring that's been witnessed with other encapsulation attempts.

One capsule, about the size of the head of a pin, can hold thousands of cells.

To date, the Cell-in-a-Box platform has been used to activate cancer drugs very near the point of the tumor in pancreatic cancer patients , but the most exciting prospect of the biotechnology so far is the encapsulation of insulin-producing cells. That's right - Cell-in-a-Box may be a way of creating an artificial pancreas for diabetics .



Read more: http://investorplace.com/2016/07/10-healthcare-innovations/#ixzz4hsOosRSz

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