Dr. Alexey Karpenko (; born 1949 in Ukraine) is a Ukrainian psychophysiologist and cell transplantologist.
Biography
Karpenko graduated from high school in Donetsk, Ukraine (1966) and from Kyiv Medical University, Ukraine (1972) as a medical doctor, PhD (1977), Doctor of Sciences (1989).V. I. Matyushyna (2012). Alexey Karpenko. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine : in 30 volumes. / — (In Ukrainian)
He worked at the Institute for Occupational Health of Ukrainian Academy of Medical Science from 1972 until 1995 in scientific field of psychophysiology of mental labor. He created original methods, designed and implemented self-educating adaptive computer-based systems for individual psychophysiological monitoring and optimization of current professional reliability and mental capacity of operators at nuclear and heat power plants, major electric grids and cosmonautics.Oscillation structure of psychophysiological parameters as a source of information regarding efficiency of mental activity // Human physiology, 1988. Т. 14, № 5, p.730-738 (Rus.)Karpenko, Alexey. A step toward monitoring of regulatory systems and regulatory efforts of the body. Minimally Invasive Therapy, V.7, Spl.1, August 1998, p.11.
From 1989 to 1995 he headed the scientific program for psychophysiological grounds of the professional reliability in operative personnel of the Ministry of Energetics of Ukraine.Current working capacity and reliability of operators: systems for control, approached to rehabilitation, organization solutions, computer means // Electric Power Plants, 1992. № 4, p. 2-8 (rus) From 2002 to 2010 he participated in creation of branch legislation for implementation of psychophysiological systems which support professional reliability and high efficiency of operative personnel.Normative document of Ministry of Energetics of Ukraine СОУ-Н ЕЕ 03.109: 2007 “Psychophysiological control and optimization of current professional working capacity of operative personnel in the entities of electro energetics. Regulations” (Authors: A.V.Karpenko, A.V.Gerasimov)
Together with Dr. Alexander Smikodub, Karpenko founded the Embryonic Tissue Center “EmCell” (1994) and was General Director (CEO) of “EmCell” during 1994-2001. In 1994, “EmCell” jointly with National Medical University and Administration of the city of Kyiv founded the world's first clinic totally dedicated to clinical application of fetal stem cell transplantations (Cell Therapy Clinic “EmCell”).
When Karpenko was CEO “EmCell” was granted letters of patent for new methods of treatment with the use of Fetal Stem Cell Transplantations by Ukraine, the US, Netherlands, Greece and RussiaPatent #6,184,033 B1, USA Medicinal Preparation Based on Fetal Suspensions Having Immune Substituting Effect for Patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-infection) Inventor: Smikodub O.I. Issue date: February 6, 2001 Application date: September 18, 1998.Patent #194,693, Netherlands Method for preparing medications for treating diabetes Inventors: Efimov A.S., Smikodub O.I., Novytska A.V. Issue date: December 3, 2002 Application date: October 17, 1994Patent #41,303, Ukraine Method of Treatment of Aplastic Anemia Inventors: Smikodub O.I., Tretyak N.N., Novytska A.V. Snigir N.V. Issue date: September 17, 2001 Application date: April 4, 1994 and took part in dozens of international congresses and conferences with contributions regarding clinical use of Fetal Stem Cell Transplantations.Smikodub A., Karpenko A. Psychophysiological Changes in Patients Due to Fetal Cell Transplantations // Abstracts of the Fourth International Congress of the Cell Transplantation Society. Montreux, Switzerland, March 21–24, 1999. Cell Transplantation. – 1999. – V. 8, №2. – Р. 200
Media paid attention to the pioneering work of "Emcell" with wide range of appreciation and critic.
At this time, Center "EmCell" in cooperation with six leading research institutes and universities of Ukraine developed legal grounds for practical clinical use of Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation, which were duly approved by Ministry of Health and by Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (1999-2001).
In 2001, Alexey Karpenko left “EmCell” to create and to lead the Department for Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation at the Coordinating Center for Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (2001-2003).Karpenko A.V. Transplantation of Fetal Stem Cells at the Turn of the First and Second Wave of Development // Transplantology. – 2002. – Volume 3, №2. – P. 116-136.
Starting from 2010, Dr. Alexey Karpenko is the Honorary Scientific Director of the Center “EmCell”. Dr. Alexey Karpenko was featured in the American documentary “The God Cells: A Fetal Stem Cells Journey” (2017)
Personal life Karpenko's daughter is Ukrainian singer, composer and poet Olena Karpenko (stage-name Solomia, born 1981).
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