One of the reasons patients continue to come to our clinic for regenerative medicine procedures is because of our commitment to utilizing the latest technology and treatment methods to provide you with the best possible outcomes related to your condition. One of the key tenets that we’ve held to was the belief that using your stem cells for regenerative medicine treatments was always a better option than using umbilical cord stem cells. The FDA (Federal Drug Administration) recently sent a letter to clinics offering regenerative medicine treatments which detailed some of the risks of using umbilical or placental cord stem cells as opposed to stem cells harvested from your own body.
Top Reasons Why Your Own Stem Cells Are The Best Source For Regenerative Medicine Treatment
In this blog, we’ll detail the reasons why using your stem cells offers a much better chance of providing you with the relief you need.
- Mimics Your Body’s Natural Healing – Stem cells that are harvested from your own body, also referred to as mesenchymal stem cells, offer your body the best chance to regrow tissue and restart the natural healing process that’s built into the human body. Through our high-quality imaging equipment, we’re able to harvest and inject your stem cells directly into the tissue which offers the best chance at relieving your pain and helping you live a more active lifestyle.
- Viability of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells – The practical use of umbilical or placental stem cells is that you really need the cells to be harvested live and then injected live for them to be effective. Currently what is done is that the cells are harvested live, counted and frozen then shipped frozen and thawed and ultimately injected. This freeze and thaw process has been proven to be extremely hard on these cells causing a large percentage of them to not survive when reinjected. Currently, the FDA only allows for umbilical or placental cord stem cells to be used for topical use.
- Not Enough Research Related to Injecting Foreign Cells – There is simply not enough research to show that foreign cells whether they are umbilical or placental are effective when treating musculoskeletal conditions.
- Hard To Verify Quality of Lab and How Cells Were Harvested – When you have cells harvested and frozen at one location and then shipped and thawed at a different location it can be extremely difficult to verify the quality of the cells as well as the process by which they were harvested. When you use mesenchymal stem cells harvested at a clinic like The Michigan Center for Regenerative Medicine you can rest easy knowing our state-of-the-art lab is fully in-house where we’re able to harvest, count, and inject your cells directly where you’re experiencing pain.
The Michigan Center for Regenerative Medicine Is At The Forefront Of Regenerative Medicine
The Board-Certified doctors at The Michigan Center for Regenerative Medicine have been investing in the latest education and facilities to ensure our patients have the best possible chance at a positive outcome from one of our procedures. This starts with an in-house state-of-the-art regenerative medicine lab as well as a data registry where we’re able to track the outcomes of our patients over the weeks, months, and years that follow after a procedure. Very few regenerative medicine clinics around the country can track their patient data in this way. To learn more about our unique approach to regenerative medicine, reach out to our office today by phone at (248) 216-1008.