Ethical Considerations
Ethical considerations in regenerative medicine involve balancing scientific progress with moral principles to ensure patient safety and autonomy. These considerations encompass issues such as informed consent, privacy, and equitable access to treatments.
Subscribe to the BlogCyplexinol Review 2: More of the BMP Shuffle…
Last year I was contacted by a marketing agent on Twitter about the “research” supporting a new supplement called Cyplexinol. When I dug into this supplement, what I found was very disturbing. Yesterday a physician who uses stem cells sent me a copy of the company’s most recent e-mail ad campaign which looks as factually…read more
Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy The Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell Injection Two Step…
I’ve blogged quite a bit on amniotic stem cell injections this past few months because this is such a hot topic. There are clinics popping up all over the place claiming to be performing amniotic stem cell therapy. In the past few years, a new product entered the market, amniotic fluid, with the physicians using…read more Popping that Motrin Pill Could Kill You…
NSAID drugs like Motrin, Ibuprofen, Aleve and Celebrex are so commonly used that they may as well be put in the water supply. Grocery store shelves are lined with them and physicians are taught that they are an important part of controlling pain after an injury. However, what if these drugs were also dangerous? Well,…read more Stem Cell Treatment Cancer Risk? There is No Cancer Risk with Adult Stem Cells
Is there a stem cell treatment cancer risk? Because of the press surrounding embryonic stem cells and misinformation spread by many in the stem cell research community, some patients still have a fear of potential cancer risks with an adult stem cell procedure. For more on this, read our overview of buyer caution and stem…read more New Study Suggests Stem Cell Doping in Bodybuilding or Sports is on the Horizon…
What do stem cells have to do with body building? Turns out quite a bit. According to a new paper, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) injected into muscles followed by eccentric exercise will make muscle cells more numerous and bigger. Mesenchymal stem cells and other adult stem cells live throughout your body in nearly every tissue.…read more What Do All of these Stem Cell Numbers Mean? A Doctor-Patient Guide
On a LinkedIn discussion board I recently explained the difference between CFUs and stem cell counts and a medical device rep pinged me to ask if I would explain more, as he found that explanation helpful. One of the more confusing things out there these days are references to stem cell numbers. 99% of the…read more Regenexx Successes and Failures: When the Regenexx Procedure Doesn’t Work
All medical procedures have a success and failure rate, and therefore there are Regenexx successes and failures. I’d like to blog on two patients this morning who are both treatment failures. One had the Regenexx-SD procedure for a torn meniscus after a very aggressive menisectomy and the other had the Regenexx-C procedure at the Cayman…read more 
