CANINE HEALTH INSTITUTE

Stem cells function to both repair and/or replace damaged tissue. Autogenous stem cells are the stem cells that are taken from the recipient’s own body which are present in many types of tissue. These stem cells work not only by becoming functional cells but also by the cellular effects that they produce when placed in the body. The Canine Health Institute (CHI) has partnered with Tissue Genesis Inc., (TGI) a company that produces a point-of-care cell isolation system. The TGI instrument is designed to process liposuctioned fat taken from a human patient and isolate the regenerative cells. The instrument is being used in several other locations worldwide to treat human patients. Canine Health Institute is the first veterinary facility to utilize this instrument. Furthermore, CHI is in the process of developing clinical trials to investigate the efficacy of stem cells in other disorders,
including intrathecal injections for spinal cord injury.

We are partnering with Houston’s veterinarians to develop other clinical trials to possibly include
diabetes and hepatotoxicity. CHI operates a 1.5 Tesla magnet MRI unit, the highest strength used
exclusively for veterinary medicine in the State of Texas. We are working with outside partners to
utilize this scanning capacity to label and follow stem cell migration. We believe that the promise
of stem cell regenerative medicine is huge and will change the practice of medicine.
The capacity to both repair and replace damaged tissue has immense implications.