americans spend $62b on pets, page-2

They certainly do Murad, and yes food is one third of that figure, Bob Vetere is a pet food supplier no doubt, the other 2/3rds of that $62 bill. is coming from the health issues and well being of all pets including of course blue blood race horses and much loved canines and other loved animal,s Enter MLA /Medivet Lty. Ltd to provide the solution ..Stemm cell of course ..For Information have a look at www.mesoblast.com to see why regenerative medicine is the major change, as to how we deal with most illness ..ie. Heart failure, stroke , spine disease , Crohn’s disease,Oncology – acute Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD).Type 2 diabetes
? Type 2 diabetes is a disease of excessive weight and dietary overload associated
with a state of systemic inflammation
? pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6 and TNF-alpha produced by inflammatory
monocytes, called M1 type monocytes, and by fat cells or adipocytes, induce insulin
resistance
? Diabetic kidney and liver diseases are associated with persistent monocyte
inflammation and do not respond to glucose-lowering agents
? Mesenchymal lineage stem cells secrete factors that polarize pro-inflammatory M1
type monocytes to an anti-inflammatory M2 type
? MPC administration is being evaluated as an immunomodulatory treatment for the
kidney .. and Many other applications in stage 2 and 3 ....My point being is MLA are following up on MSB and are at this point are the leaders in the animal stem cell world ... ( www.mesoblast.com ) Cheers Vin