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Is Joint Arthritis All About the Fibroblasts?

While there’s a focus on the cartilage and bone spurs, there’s much more to arthritis. For example, your joint connective tissue is a large part of the tissues impacted by arthritis. Researchers are now only starting to understand how the cells in the joint covering are impacted in different ways in different types of arthritis.…read more

Your Cells and Organs Have a Biologic Clock: Be Nice to Your Stem Cells

Because of our high-tech, rapid-pace lifestyles, it’s easy for the circadian rhythms of American’s today to get out of whack. And, it’s not just jet lag. Disruption in these cycles can lead to premature aging, depression, allergies, and even, cancer. What is a Circadian Rhythm? Circadian rhythms, found in almost all living things, are physical,…read more

Red Meat Makes a Comeback!

If you’re bored with eating chicken but haven’t wanted to risk your heart health by adding a juicy steak to your menu, savor this news:   When levels of saturated fat are the same, red meat and white meat have identical effects on bad cholesterol and neither have an impact on the really bad type…read more

Jupiter in Opposition, Father’s Day, and the Father of Regen Med

I usually wake up and get to bed early, but because of Father’s day, last night, I was up at 2 am and thought to myself, why not try to see Jupiter? This made me feel a bit like Galileo, which got me thinking, who is the father of regenerative medicine? Answering that question just…read more

Where’s Dr. Waldo: Avoiding Stem Cell Clinic Scams

I was pinged this weekend by an unfortunate gentleman with a spinal cord injury. We only treat orthopedic conditions, so he sent a clinic link for me to review and asked if this was a good clinic. It took me less than 60 seconds to answer a resounding NO. Why? It’s all about the physician…read more

Arthrex Angel Review: Is This the Holy Grail of Bedside Machines?

As you may know, at Regenexx we process our patient’s samples in on-site mini-labs. Why? Because we can generally do a much better job at the processing than what can be accomplished by bedside machines and kits. However, every once in a while, a machine comes along that looks different and more sophisticated, so I…read more

Coloring Books and CMC Arthritis: Helping a Local Artist’s Hand

This past December I got a cryptic message in the mail which lead to me working on a local artist’s hand. This weekend he dropped off a picture he had created of our home in exchange for hand CMC PRP therapy. The story is a great example of synchronicity. Let me explain. A Message from…read more

There Are Two Worlds of Regen Med, Please Don’t Confuse Them…

This Friday I lectured at the TOBI conference in Chicago. This is a great annual event that brings together many high-level researchers and clinicians involved in orthobiologics research. It was almost surreal lecturing at and attending this conference, listening to countless academic physicians who are using orthobiologics, and at the same time realizing that the…read more