Fresh cell therapy

Fresh cell therapy is said to have a relatively long history. Some practitioners of fresh cell therapy refer as far back to the 16 century, to Paracelsus’ concept of ‘like cures like’. However, most practitioners refer to Paul Niehans, a Swiss doctor, as ‘the father of cell therapy’. The story goes that in 1931, Niehans was called in to treat a patient who was suffering from convulsion because her parathyroid glands had been removed by accident during surgery. On his way to the hospital, Niehans picked up parathyroid glands of a freshly killed calf. Upon seeing the patient’s condition, Niehans realised that he would not have time to perform a full organ transplantation and decided to slice up the calf’s parathyroid glands, mixed them with solution and injected the patient with the solution. The patient reportedly stopped convulsing. Not only that, she reportedly made a full recovery and continued to live many more years, well into her 90s. Niehans then went on to treat many patients with his cell therapy method, including well-known personalities such as Pope Pius XII. Although cells taken from freshly slaughtered animals were originally used, and continue to be used today, some practitioners also now use freeze-dried cells. Some have also developed cell therapy products to be taken orally.