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Big Surgeries, Big Complications

A doctor discusses why big orthopedic procedures produce more complications than more minimally invasive procedures.

Mythbusters: Injecting Stem Cells IV Means Only 0.0005% Reach their Target in the Brain…

A doctor discusses why Injecting stem cell intravenous (IV) is unlikely to produce good results.

Patient Outcomes

A doctor discusses the results of patients who have used their own adult stem cells to help avoid orthopedic surgery.

The Integrity of Prospectively Grading Patients

A doctor discusses how prospective grading of good, fair, or poor candidacy is needed for any medical or surgical procedure, including one involving stem cell therapy.

Adult vs. Embryonic: Dichotomy or Working Partners?

A doctor discusses adult versus embryonic stem cell.

Gene Therapy, IPS Stem Cells, and Will Smith

A commentary in the JournalScience yesterday is very important.  Entitled, A History Lesson for Stem Cells, it discusses the huge problems seen in clinical trials for gene therapy in the late 1990’s and the author wonders if we’re making the same mistakes by rushing forward with IPS cells. IPS cells involve inserting new genes to…read more

New Stem Cell Treatment Guidelines Released

The American Stem Cell Therapy Association (ASCTA) released it’s stem cell treatment guidelines yesterday.  These are the blue print for how stem cell therapy will be practiced by physicians all over the country.  The group formed in opposition to the FDA’s attempts to create out of thin air a new drug class, the patent’s own stem…read more

Employee Benefits or We Wouldn’t do Anything on You We Don’t Do on Ourselves

Late last year we hired a new cell biologist.  After a few weeks on the job, it was clear that her back was killing her and her leg was numb.  She was miserable and having trouble sitting in front of the sterile hoods.  As she tells the story,  “I was getting up from the kitchen…read more