November 22, 2022
Mayo Clinic opens a second Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites
Mayo Clinic has opened the Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites in Arizona for patients seeking enhanced care when standard procedures don’t meet their needs. The suites are an intersection of clinical practice, research and lab space where patients can have their cells processed on-site for immediate application to their condition. “It’s a whole new level of […]
Tags: #bone marrow aspirate concentrate, #Dr. David Lott, #Dr. Shane Shapiro, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics, #platelet rich plasma, #Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites, #stromal vascular fraction cells
May 5, 2022
What’s behind patient requests for stem cells?
In one of the first studies of its kind, Mayo Clinic analyzed a large group of patients to understand their motivations for seeking stem cell therapies and whether expectations are grounded in science. The findings could help health care professionals cut through misleading claims and better counsel patients. This research by Jennifer Arthurs; Zubin Master, […]
Tags: #biomedical ethics, #Dr. Shane Shapiro, #Dr. Zubin Master, #Jennifer Arthurs, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #Orthobiologics, #Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites, #Stem cell therapy, #stem cells
March 25, 2021
Regenerative eyedrops tap blood for tears
Gregory Williams turned to regenerative medicine for healing after a one-two punch to his health. The 63-year-old Florida man survived leukemia only to develop ocular graft-versus-host disease, a potentially blinding complication of the bone marrow transplant that put his cancer in remission. Ocular graft-versus-host disease is a chronic debilitating condition with no cure that causes […]
Tags: #autologous serum eyedrops, #Dr. Darby Miller, #Dr. Shane Shapiro, #Dry eye disease, #Graft-versus-host disease, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites