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Breaking: Teflon linked to Arthritis!

Teflon linked to arthritis!  In a medical stunner, some of the chemicals used in the common surface coating Teflon have been linked to an increased prevalence of arthritis. Researchers found that people with the highest levels of a chemical that is part of Teflon processing (perfluorooctanoate or PFOA) in their blood stream were up to 40…read more

Helping a Runner’s Knee Arthritis with Stem Cells

How does knee stem cell therapy work in a runner?  JC is a 64 year old with a long history of mild intermittent knee pain which was limiting his activities and which caused him to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery in 2007. At the time things seemed to go well after surgery and he was able to return to…read more

Loosing Weight may Help Knee Pain

Is knee pain weight related?  I’ve blogged before that studies show that gaining weight can help increase knee pain. In addition being heavy with high blood pressure and pre-diabetes (metabolic syndrome) in and of itself chews up cartilage. Can loosing weight impact your pain from knee arthritis? While we hear all the time that weight loss may help,…read more

Dr. Schultz Speaking at the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine

Dr. Schultz speaking at the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida today presenting our knee/hip Regenexx-C data  This includes new data from a re-analysis which removed some of the patients suffering from AVN from the hip group.

Severe Hip Arthritis treated with Stem cells: Two Year Update

As we pride ourselves in discussing all aspects of our results, today I’d like to discuss a patient with severe hip arthritis treated with stem cells who had a time limited result. CS is a middle aged woman who has post-polio syndrome with severe hip arthritis. In fact, there wasn’t much left of the hip…read more

Dr. Centeno to Lecture at Lunds University

The Dr. Centeno lecture next week at Lunds University in Lund, Sweden will be on the use of mesenchymal stem cells to treat traumatic cervical facet joint injuries. The topic of the lecture will be: “Cervical Radiofrequency or Biologics for Facet Injury?” Abstract: The elucidation of cervical facet injury as an injury mechanism secondary to MVC…read more

Breaking-Embryonic Stem Cells produce Imposter Differentiated Cells

I’ve been a big critic of both Embryonic (ESCs) and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (IPSCs) as cell types more focused on business plans than on actually curing to managing disease. The reason is that adult stem cells are capable of the same feats, but seem to be less attractive because their business plans aren’t as…read more

StematixCaymans Opening a State of the Art Stem Cell Culture Lab in the Cayman Islands

We are proud to announce that our Colorado based orthopedic stem cell clinic is licensing our cultured stem cell technology so that Stematix Inc. can open a stem cell culture lab in the Cayman Islands. The goal of the lab will be to enable our patients to access the world’s most advanced orthopedic stem cell procedure for…read more