Historically, the treatment of disease by the administration of animal organs or their extracts (after Brown-Sequard). At present synthetic preparations substitute for the extracts of a gland. (From Stedman, 26th ed).

The human body contains some four trillion cells, which all arose after conception from one unified cell through multiple cycles of division. This process of cellular renewal continues throughout life, as old and weak cells are replaced by new ones. In healthy young individuals the division of cells takes place regularly in an energetic and balanced bio-terrain. However, as we grow older, this process begins to slow down. Improper nutrition with too large amounts of animal fat, processed sugars, food additives and too little of biological grown vegetables, life styles with heavy smoking, excessive alcohol consumption and overall increased stress of our fast-pace lives, and increased pollution with carcinogenic solvents, heavy metals and pesticides tend to suppress this renewal process even more. As a result we age prematurely and even fall ill with chronic degenerative diseases or cancer.

Throughout history, mankind always has searched for the proverbial "fountain of youth", in the hope for a long and meaningful life without the burden of poor health, fast degeneration, or pain in old age. Our modern conventional health care systems have indeed brought us a longer life expectancy through high-tech medicine and acute medical crisis management. However, conventional medicine has failed in the fields of premature ageing, chronic degenerative diseases and cancer. Here, it is hoped that the knowledge gained from empirical, bio-energetic and integrated biological medicine will impart a longer life with vitality and without chronic degenerative disease or cancer. We all are aware of show business personalities and other celebrities of our time, for whom the aging process appears to have stopped.

Most of these celebrities continue to look well and attractive, and they are in great physical shape, even in old age. Certainly, healthy nutrition, exercise and plastic surgery may play an important role here, but with more than mere appearance, these famous people continue to exude an aura and body language that identifies them with younger age groups. One reason for their lasting youthfulness is that many of them frequent the famous spas, clinics and medical centres in Europe, including the Niehans, Paracelsus and Aeskulap Clinics, which specialize in regeneration and, specifically, in organ extract- and cell therapy. This treatment modality has made it possible for these celebrities to maintain a very active lifestyle retaining their health, beauty and vitality of youth to enjoy the fruits of success well into their senior years.

Cell-based therapies have grown dramatically in power and scope in recent years. Once limited to blood and bone marrow transplantation, these therapies now encompass tissue repair and regeneration, metabolic support, gene replacement, and immune effectors functions, with established and investigational clinical applications in disorders affecting nearly every tissue and organ system. Organ extract- and cell therapy offers a unique opportunity of causative treatment in this context, since it can prevent premature cell death or malfunction, induce cellular renewal and restore lost function of specific cell types in the human body.