How stem cell therapy may help with diabetes
Diabetes is a problem of insulin: the pancreas makes too little of it, or the body stops responding to it. Glucose stays in the blood, and over the years it wears on the nerves, vessels, eyes and kidneys. Medication and diet manage the numbers. They do not address the inflammation running underneath them.
- Mesenchymal stem cells are studied for their ability to reduce the chronic inflammation linked to insulin resistance and pancreatic stress.
- Research examines how cell signalling may affect inflammation and the tissue environment. Evidence and clinical outcomes vary by application.
- Treatment is delivered intravenously, reaching the pancreas and the wider body through the circulation.
- Cells are prepared in our own laboratory and used fresh, never frozen.
- The protocol is written for your type of diabetes, your blood work and your goals.
Concerns to discuss with your care team
Readings that will not settle
Highs after meals, lows in the night, and a morning number that sets the mood for the day.
A rising medication load
More insulin or more tablets each year, and the side effects that arrive with them.
Tingling, numbness and slow healing
Burning feet, a cut that takes weeks to close, and the worry about what comes next.
The tiredness underneath it all
Energy that runs out by mid-afternoon, and the plans you have quietly stopped making.
Who may be a candidate
Adults with diagnosed type 1 or type 2 diabetes whose control or quality of life remains limited under conventional care may be evaluated. Candidacy is decided by our physicians after a medical review of your history, recent blood work and current treatment, never by a form.
Treatment is not offered where there is active infection, certain cancers, or other conditions identified in review.
What to expect
1. Evaluation
A call with a patient advisor, then a medical review of your records and recent blood work.
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.