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A physician case report follow-up of a triathlete whose knee was treated with his own stem cells and went on to run the Hawaii Ironman.
New Research on Stem Cells and Degenerated Discs
The title of the paper kind of hits you, “Mesenchymal Stem Cells Arrest Intervertebral Disc Degeneration…”. This past week Chinese researchers published a paper showing that the same stem cell line being used in the Regenexx-C disc procedure can stop the natural progression of spinal discs from degenerating. This is similar to other papers…read more
More on stem cells increase knee joint width in patient with severe arthritis…
A doctor discusses how injecting stem cells into a knee with arthritis may make the meniscus bigger. Sophisticated MRI evidence is reviewed.
Spinal Fusion?
Interesting article today on health care costs. As interventional pain physicians, we see many patients who have received un-needed spinal fusions. The issue is that these surgeries are very invasive with high complication rates. They are also famous for overloading the levels above and below the fusion (causing new painful areas). While we see a…read more
Does stem cell therapy always work?
A doctor describes why some patients might respond better than others to adult stem cell therapy.
Making Meniscus Tissue Better with Stem Cells
A doctor discusses MRI evidence of making meniscus tissue better with stem cell injections.
Increased Knee Joint Width after Stem Cells
A doctor reviews MRI images showing better width in an arthritic knee after stem cell injections.
Hyaline Cartilage Created by Platelets and Stem cells
Stem cells repair cartilage knee injuries.
