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More on Zombie Stem Cells

A while back I blogged about the fact that living stem cells could be isolated from fresh cadavers up to 2+ weeks old. This is a bizarre thing and testament to how, even in a limited nutrient and oxygen environment, these hearty cells keep going. In fact, it may be because many stem cells live in…read more

Regenexx Team Publishes Another Peer Reviewed Paper this Week

Research and physician innovation are the life blood of medicine. Research journals are how we doctors vet new ideas with our learned colleagues, as every article published goes through peer review. This means that the article is read and extensively reviewed by a panel of experts for accuracy before it’s allowed to be published. When…read more

New Regenexx Local Anesthetics Paper Published

Over the past year we’ve seen an explosion in clinics playing with stem cells, many only dabbling in the practice. Since 2005 we have published much of the world’s literature on the use of stem cells in orthopedic injuries. In 2007, we became concerned about the exposure of stem cells to local anesthetics as our…read more

Is Your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Causing Your Thumb Arthritis? Is Arthritis Caused by Bad Nerves?

Is Thumb Arthritis caused by bad nerves?  We’ve seen for years an association between thumb arthritis and subtle findings of carpal tunnel syndrome. What I mean by this, is that many patients who we evaluate for stem cell treatments of their CMC thumb joints also have issues we can detect in their median nerve (the…read more

Lower Stem Cell Regenerative Potential in Rotator Cuff Tears: Is This Why They Don’t Heal?

After just posting nice registry results for rotator cuff tears treated with the patient’s own stem cells instead of surgery, I thought a paper published this week would be a great segue. The rotator cuff is a series of deep shoulder muscles that help to stabilize the shoulder and move the arm. When there’s a…read more

Young Athlete Injuries: Treating Our Injured Teens Like Pros

Are we doing the right thing for our young athlete injuries? As a nation, over the past 1-2 decades, we’ve begun to treat our injured kid’s sports injuries like aging NFL athletes trying to eke out a contract extension for millions. However, the long-term calculus of trying to buy an aging athlete a few more big…read more

Ankle Stem Cells: 2013 Regenexx Treatment Registry Data

Here is the 2013 download for results obtained via stem cell injection into ankle patients (with a few small foot joint patients included). Most of these patients had either moderate or severe main ankle joint arthritis, with many also having either lax ligaments and/or partial tendon tears. A few patients also had sub-talar arthritis. In…read more

Shoulder Stem Cells: 2013 Regenexx Stem Cell Treatment Registry Data

Here’s our Shoulder Stem Cells 2013 registry data for shoulders treated with the Regenexx-SD procedure using the patient’s own stem cells. This is a mix of patients with rotator cuff tears, arthritis, labral tears, and instability. It also includes some cases from the RegenexxNetwork. Note that we’re reporting up to two year data (we have…read more