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Your Own Cells Are a Drug You May Lose the Right to Use

This next few decades in medical breakthroughs will be an interesting competition between expensive drugs and inexpensive cells taken from the patient’s body. In some ways, this battle will define how we as a society deal with healthcare costs, regulation, and affordability in the 21st century. Regrettably, the powers that be here in the early part…read more

Do Stem Cell Clinics Have the Experience They’re Touting?

Many people have done it…buffing up a resume to make their accomplishments look a little better. This past few months, I’ve seen a few clinics buff up their resume on their stem cell experience. At first I just ignored it as noise, but it’s become pretty prevalent, so I thought I would do what I love to…read more

Knee Arthritis, Heal Thyself? New Research Says Yes!

Our alternative health counterparts have always believed that the body has the ability to heal itself. This concept was largely based on observation, but to many outside of the alternative health community it had the ring of fantasy fiction. However, with the discovery of stem cells living throughout the body, science has begun supporting the concept.…read more

Our New Radial Nerve Treatments Continue to Impress

As our success with treating nerve injuries using our third and fourth generation platelet lysate improves, we’ve been treating more and more patients with nerve injuries. Today we highlight Greg’s radial nerve treatment story. Greg is a 58 year-old, who in May of last year sustained a fracture to the humerus bone in his arm. The screw from one…read more

Payola in Medicine – Insights into the Murky Side of Patient Care

The federal government rolled out its new tool that it hopes will increase transparency of the rampant payola that still plagues medicine. The idea is that they now require all pharma and device companies that take money from Medicare to report the payments they make to doctors. So is this tool a good thing? The…read more

From Chronic Knee Pain to IRONMAN® – A Regenexx Stem Cell Patient’s Story

The term “Iron man” has many connotations – the movie character, a solid constitution, or a 20-something super fit person who rides, swims, and runs for hours on end. Michelle is a weekend warrior, who like many of us loves to run and ride her bike. But a knee meniscus surgery left her struggling with constant knee…read more

What Are Important Back Pain Muscles?

If you or a loved one suffers from chronic low back pain and you’ve never heard of the multifidus muscle before, now’s the time to learn about one of the most important back pain muscles. This remarkably important muscle that stabilizes your spine, goes largely ignored by most doctors and surgeons. New research sheds even more light…read more

Creating Stem Cell Supplements: Is the Cheap Stuff for Real?

Our entry into developing a stem cell supplement, much like everything else we do, was born of frustration. I would get asked frequently, which supplements our patients should take to help support their stem cell procedure. As we entered this arena to solve that issue, one thing that shocked us immediately was how expensive real, high-quality supplement ingredients are!…read more