HUMAN  PLACENTA

The human placenta is a rounded, flat, soft and spongy-textured organ, with variable size and thickness and with a large blood content, which forms inside the uterus during pregnancy. Its main functions are nutrition to the fetus, immunological protection of the embryo and as a filter, both for vital products for the fetus, such as viruses, antibodies, antigens and immunoglobulins.

Human placental extracts (HPE) are the object of growing interest at the international level due to their content of anticoagulant and antioxidant proteins and enzyme inhibitors, a valuable source of bioactive molecules such as hormones, nucleic acids, amino acids, glycosaminoglycans, vitamins and minerals, which are the basis its use in the improvement of physiological functions or the treatment of diseases.

In Cuba, in 1976, Dr. Carlos Manuel Miyares Cao and collaborators reported for the first time the successful use of a topically administered human placental extract for the treatment of Vitiligo. This discovery constitutes the starting point of what is today the Center for Placental Histotherapy.

DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION