Updated on 28 October 2013
Mr Shailesh Gadre, founder and MD, Stemade Biotech, India
With the experience of scientists having discovered the optimum medical therapeutic utilizing the nucleus of regenerative medicine - stem cell therapy, founders of India and Asia's first dental stem cell bank set out on a path of innovation in medical sciences.
Stem cell preservation has gained popularity in the treatment of many degenerative diseases like arthritis, diabetes, skin, bone, liver and eyes related disorders. Chancing upon the golden idea of using an individual's own dental stem cells for treating therapeutic cases such as stroke, corneal injury, spinal cord injury, arthritis, juvenile diabetes, founders of Stemade Biotech have received a phenomenal response since their early inception in 2009.
As per clinical research conducted earlier, stem cells from dental pulp can give rise to any tissue found in the body, so its potential for medical applications is said to be enormous.
Located in India's business capital - Mumbai, Stemade preserves unique dental stem cells if an individual needs stem cell treatment in the future. Founders, Mr Deepak Ghaisas and Mr Shailesh Gadre have already started over 500 collection centers called Stemade Smile Clinics in many Indian cities. The company has the backing of over 2000 doctors, who are actively supporting the concept. Over 10 percent of the company's customer base is of doctors who have chosen to bank stem cells of their children or even themselves with Stemade.
Popular in the US and Europe, Stemade launched Asia's first dental stem cell bank after licensing patented technology of dental stem cell banking from a European company - Institute Clinident Biopharma for the Asia Pacific & Middle Eastern market. This advent was backed by detailed analysis of the market and the technology and more importantly, its potential in the Asian and Middle Eastern demographies.
"Dental Stem Cell Banking is an innovative technology which involves storage of stem cells obtained from the teeth of an individual for future. Children lose their milk teeth as a part of growing up. These children can give one of their ‘about to fall' milk teeth for securing their future," explains Mr Deepak Ghaisas, chairman of Stemade Biotech Pvt. Ltd and the co-founder of Stemade Biotech Private Limited Group.