Stem Cell Therapy Regenerative Medicine
Ask your health care provider questions, and confirm that the FDA has reviewed any treatments you might be considering.
Stem cells have tremendous promise to help us understand and treat a range of diseases, injuries and other health-related conditions. Their potential is evident in the use of blood stem cells to treat diseases of the blood, a therapy that has saved the lives of thousands of children with leukemia; and can be seen in the use of stem cells for tissue grafts to treat diseases or injury to the bone, skin and surface of the eye. Important clinical trials involving stem cells are underway for many other conditions and researchers continue to explore new avenues using stem cells in medicine.
Stem cells treatments are booming, with procedures for knee arthritis especially popular. But sometimes, those treatments come without scientific evidence to support how well they work.
Critics are concerned about the explosion in controversial stem cell procedures offered by clinics — and, increasingly, respected hospitals.
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) - ISSCR has developed information to help you evaluate claims you may have seen regarding stem cell treatments.
Stem cell injections at unproven clinics are expensive so a lot of patients have asked me: does insurance cover it? Mostly the answer is “no”, but in rare cases there is some kind of coverage. It’s an important question because [...]
En Español Stem cells have the potential to treat a wide range of diseases. Here, discover why these cells are such a powerful tool for treating disease—and what hurdles experts face before new therapies reach patients.
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