How stem cell therapy may help with Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease is an immune system that keeps the digestive tract inflamed when nothing is there to fight. Over time that inflammation thickens and scars the bowel wall, and can narrow it or open tracts through it. Medication suppresses the immune response and eases symptoms; it does not settle the inflammation in the gut itself.
- Mesenchymal stem cells are studied for their ability to moderate the immune activity that keeps the bowel inflamed.
- Research examines how cell signalling may affect inflammation and the tissue environment. Evidence and clinical outcomes vary by application.
- Treatment is delivered intravenously, so the cells reach the affected bowel through the circulation.
- Cells are prepared in our own laboratory and used fresh, never frozen.
- The protocol is written for your Crohn’s, your recent results and your goals.
Concerns to discuss with your care team
Abdominal pain and cramping
Pain that arrives with meals, or without them, and rarely leaves for long.
Urgency and unpredictable bowels
Frequent, urgent trips and a map of every bathroom between home and anywhere.
Exhaustion
The tiredness of a body fighting itself, and of not absorbing what you eat.
Eating and going out on its terms
Menus scanned for risk. Invitations weighed against the distance to a bathroom.
Who may be a candidate
Adults with diagnosed Crohn’s disease whose symptoms persist despite conventional medication may be evaluated. Candidacy is decided by our physicians after a medical review of your history, your current treatment, recent blood work and any colonoscopy or imaging results, never by a form.
Treatment is not offered where there is a bowel obstruction or abscess needing urgent care, active infection, certain cancers, or other conditions identified in review. Timing around a flare is decided by your physicians.
What to expect
1. Evaluation
A call with a patient advisor, then a medical review of your records, recent blood work and colonoscopy or imaging reports.
2. Treatment plan
Protocol, schedule and the full investment, written for your case and discussed with you before you travel.
3. Treatment in San José
Travel and stay arranged for you. Treatment by our physicians in our Ministry of Health–licensed clinic.
4. Follow-up care
Scheduled check-ins with our team after you return home.
Investment
Each plan is built for one patient. In your consultation we walk through the full investment and exactly what it includes: cells, clinical care, and the arrangements around your stay.
The Cellebration approach
- Fresh, never frozen. Ask how cells are prepared and evaluated for your proposed care.
- Physician-led. Clinical decisions by our medical team, in a licensed clinic.
- An informed discussion. Review the evidence, limitations and alternatives relevant to your condition.
- Personalized support. A care team helps coordinate the treatment journey.