Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine is an innovative field of healthcare focused on harnessing the body’s natural ability to heal and regenerate damaged tissues and organs. It involves using stem cells, tissue engineering, growth factors, and other techniques to promote healing and repair in conditions ranging from orthopedic injuries to chronic diseases.
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You'd think hip resurfacing would have fewer complications than the more extreme hip replacement, but, unfortunately, when considering hip resurfacing instead of hip replacement, much of the literature isn't pretty.
Skeletal Stem Cells Found Living in the Growth Plates May One Day Make Us Taller
Skeletal stem cells may hold the key to expanding regenerative treatment for skeletal issues in the future. The problem is finding and identifying them, but it seems one type may be living in the growth plates of long bones.
What Are Exosomes? Are They Legal?
The stem cell wild west continues. In the past 18 months, we've seen an explosion in companies stating that they are selling vials of millions of stem cells but are really selling vials of dead tissue. In the meantime, a new twist has emerged. We now have some companies selling exosomes. So what are exosomes, why would someone want to use them in patients, and are they even legal? Can a Stem Cell Treatment Regenerate My Degenerated Disc?
Way back in 2006, I’m pretty darn sure we were the first clinic on earth to inject mesenchymal stem cells into a human disc. Our hope was that what happened in rabbits, dogs, and rats would happen in people. That patients with severely degenerated discs would grow new ones. Regrettably, that didn’t happen. Now new…read more Can It Be Too Hot or Cold for Stem Cells? Your Doctor Likely Has No Idea…
Using live cells is very complex, but most clinics don’t know what they don’t know. So let’s focus on one small little part of this process today to demonstrate how difficult this can be. Let’s review how important temperature is to a successful stem cell therapy. Temperature and Stem Cells Stem cells like body temperature, which…read more StemShot Review II: Is the Umbilical Cord “Stem Cell” Game More About Business than Medicine?
One of the most bizarre things about amniotic and umbilical cord “stem cell” products is that if these products really had living stem cells, they would be illegal cellular drugs in violation of US Food and Drug law. Of course, every one we’ve tested consists of dead and dying cells, so that’s good in one…read more BioRenew® PTM Therapy™? Ugghhh! I Can’t Keep Up!
I can no longer keep up with the new stuff online claiming to involve stem cells and regenerative medicine. It’s officially out of control. However, my inbox continues to be pinged with new information almost daily. The newest I have seen is BioRenew® PTM Therapy™. What’s this? A re-branding of the same old placental tissue…read more Why Back Surgery Side Effects Are so Common: BFH Syndrome
I write about what I see in clinic and around me. One of the interesting things from this week was a low back pain patient who had surgery that was so invasive it left a hole in his low back. I coined the term BFH syndrome (Big [Insert Expletive] Hole) to describe this back surgery…read more 
