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Centers for Respiratory Health is new incarnation of clinic Lung Health Institute

March 24, 2022 March 24, 2022 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Centers for Respiratory Health, lung health institute

Many firms that generally fall into the category of unproven stem cell or cell therapy clinics have a way of reinventing themselves and I’ve seen this with one formerly named the Lung Institute that is now called Centers for Respiratory Health. First the Lung Institute became the Lung Health Institute. Now that firm has become …

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Stem cell therapy for COPD: challenges & hope

February 23, 2022 November 20, 2023 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

As long as I’ve been writing The Niche as a professor here at UC Davis School of Medicine, people have been asking me about stem cell therapy for COPD. There is a lot of misinformation out there in this space. Let’s clear things up as to where the biomedical science stands today in late 2023 …

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Fact check: Lung Health Institute & cell therapies for lung disease

March 1, 2021 April 13, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

What should we make of clinics like the Lung Health Institute? These clinics sell unproven stem cell or regenerative therapies for lung disease. Overall, I’m extremely skeptical. I don’t believe it’s worth the cost. There are also going to be potentially serious health risks. Lung disease is a broad category including COPD, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, …

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‘I’d need a drink’: WaPo deep dive on clinic firm Lung Health Institute

December 7, 2019 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Washington Post reporters William Wan and Laurie McGinley have a new piece on the unproven regenerative clinic firm the Lung Health Institute. This article has a number of surprises and new insights. Previously the Lung Health Institute was called just the Lung Institute. It was recently acquired by the publicly-traded company H-CYTE, stock symbol HCYT. In the …

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Clinic Lung Institute

August 29, 2016 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 40 Comments

A stem cell/regenerative clinic firm called the Lung Institute is facing a filing of a proposed class action suit. Update: Note that this firm also goes by the name the Lung Health Institute and now as of 2019-2020 it does not appear to offer stem cells anymore, perhaps focusing on PRP. You might also find …

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