New heart, new love, new son courtesy of adult stem cells May 11, 2007

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SUMMARY: Ten years ago a Surfers Paradise man’s life was dominated by heart disease and time was running out. Now he has been granted a new wife and baby son better health total happiness.

BANGKOK, Thailand, 11 May 2007 – Peter Irwin from Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia, has much to be thankful for. Ten years ago he was depressed, ill and deeply unhappy. He suffered from both Dilated Cardiomyopathy and some Ischemic Heart Disease that was slowly but surely killing him. Told there was nothing more that could be done for him and with no hope of living beyond another two years he started to seek for someone or something that could give him better odds.

An internet search unearthed TheraVitae, an Israeli-Thai biotechnology leader who were treating end-stage heart patients without any other options with adult stem cells in Bangkok. Peter failed to get on to a clinical trial in his own country because he was too ill to meet their entry criteria and so he went to Bangkok in October 2005 thinking he had nothing to lose.

Within four months of a simple procedure at the prestigious Bangkok Heart Hospital Peter was feeling much better and far more optimistic. His cardiologist had to agree that on clinical tests his heart was performing far more efficiently. His life since then has continued to improve. He still has some health issues but they no longer dominate his life. “For me the greatest improvement has been that I can enjoy a far better quality of life and I have high expectations of a very positive future,” he said.

VesCell’s stem cell therapy helped his heart strengthen, revascularize and repair and he made other dietary and lifestyle changes that he thinks have also benefited him. “If you are beyond hope of treatment because of heart disease, all is not lost,” he said. “Almost every day research is being published that shows just how many seriously ill heart patients can be returned to a life they thought they had lost.”

To cap off all his gains Peter and his new wife have just recently brought into the world a new son. “Stem cells made me reconsider my life. I now have the love and care of a new partner and a son whom I love more than I thought it possible to love. It is indeed a miracle and I am so grateful,” Peter said.

Looking at the family photographs he sent at the time of his son’s birth Peter looks the picture of health and happiness. One would never know that such a short time ago he faced a brief, painful, anxious, hopeless and debilitating future.