ThermoStem Program

We have launched a platform technology that involves the use of a brown fat cell-based therapeutic/aesthetic program. Through our ThermoStem Program, we intend to develop treatments for weight loss and metabolic disorders. Our initial focus will be on cellular therapies for obesity and its adverse effect on health, which could lead to several serious and sometimes fatal diseases such as diabetes, ischemic heart disease, stroke, hypertension and kidney failure.

Brown fat is one of two types of known adipose (fat) tissue found in the human body and is involved in homeostasis by creating metabolic tissue capable of producing heat. Recent studies have demonstrated that brown fat is present in the adult human body and may be correlated with the maintenance and regulation of metabolism, thus potentially being involved in caloric regulation.

We intend to use autologous cells (i.e., stem cells isolated from individual patients) that may be differentiated into progenitor or fully differentiated brown adipocytes, or a related cell type, that can be used therapeutically or aesthetically in patients. As the brown fat cellular program advances, we will focus on data derived from the program to determine whether it can be useful in developing a small molecule drug therapy.