Cartilage regeneration has been a holy grail for the stem cell field for decades. It has mostly been just out of reach though. Even most unproven stem cell clinics have stopped claiming to regrow cartilage in joints. For instance, a typical clinic that now injects PRP or cells into arthritic knees doesn’t claim to regrow […]
A new wave of startups like Nucleus Genomics is promising genetically ‘optimized’ future children. However, the science and ethics remain murky. These firms are marketing the idea of selecting traits for customers’ future babies through genetic screening based on elective IVF. Nucleus is also specifically facing criticism now. Elective IVF What exactly is elective IVF?
When I mention rare diseases what do you think of first and same question when I say “peptide therapy”? I don’t typically think of these together, but a new FDA approval unites them. The agency recently gave accelerated approval for a peptide therapy for Barth Syndrome. Let’s go through this first. FDA, rare diseases, &
In the past, when people have asked about Kim Kardashian stem cell treatments, they usually meant those vampire facelifts she did years ago. It’s hard to forget the blood-smeared face. However, that’s not really a stem cell treatment. It’s good that Kim later expressed regrets about vampire facelifts due to the pain involved. From a
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There was a MAHA summit this week that raised several potential concerns for me. Let’s start there. Then we’ll go into the rest of the week’s news and research related to the regenerative medicine and stem cell field. MAHA summit: peptides, compounding, and more When I first heard there was going to be a MAHA
Weekly reads: MAHA summit, Ittleman on FL stem cell law, NYT on brain organoids, Dr. BS Read More »
Last year, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. claimed in a post that the FDA was suppressing things like peptides and stem cells. I started hearing about “peptides” earlier, about 2-3 years ago. Some were saying that specific peptides were even better than stem cells, which is a big red flag. The term “peptides” in this context
The idea of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells or MSCs for heart disease has been around a long time. It never seemed to make much sense to me though. The broader stem cells for heart disease sub-field of regenerative medicine also has had problems over the years. A new BMJ paper reports a supposed major benefit of
It seems like there’s still chaos inside the FDA’s biologics branch CBER led by Vinay Prasad. As many of you will remember, Prasad was forced out shortly after becoming CBER Director earlier this year. Then Makary and RFK Jr. pushed successfully to bring him back. Since then apparently things have not been great between Prasad
How much does stem cell therapy cost in late 2025? How have prices changed from past years? To authoritatively answer these questions now, we need data along with expert perspectives. I’ve been tracking stem cell treatment cost for about a decade now. Some surprises emerged in a new analysis I did on the current cost
Stem cell therapy cost goes up & what to consider looking ahead Read More »
Did you know there’s immunotherapy toothpaste? It’s intended to provide immunotherapy of a kind while you brush. Some of this is meant to help allergies so the products can also be called allergenic toothpastes. Let’s start this week’s recommended reads with a warning from the FDA here. Immunotherapy toothpaste Allerdent I became aware of this