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I haven’t yet heard or read the Thursday Mitt Romney speech as I write this Blog, but as long as the terms Fraud, False Promises, Uninformed, etc. will be headline news this afternoon and all over television tonight, I thought I would expand the theme to which I read and see about misrepresentation when it comes to Cellular Orthopedics. When my computer fired up this morning, one of the first bullets advertised an international stem cell company offering Exosomes if you travel outside of the United States for care. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that have the potential to do good things to your cartilage and soft tissues.  As I read the stem cell ad, I noted the following:

   “Exosome Injection is a human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cell treatment, which has emerged as a promising supplement to stem cell transplantation therapies. Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells can play an important role in repairing injured tissues. Exosome injection is also utilized as a complement to bone marrow stem cell extractions.”

Thank goodness for the FDA. While the governmental agency has been frequently criticized, the FDA is there to protect us; that’s why you have to travel outside the US for unproven “promising” interventions. To continue the “promising” discussion, the web site promoting Exosomes also invites you to travel outside of the United Sates for Stem Cell assistance with Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, Cerebral Palsy, etc.  60 Minutes, we need you.

There is a better option to help avoid or postpone a joint replacement, diminish pain, increase motion and improve your functional capacity. At the same time it falls under the standard of practice and thus is FDA compliant; namely the Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate/ Stem Cell approach. Not only does Bone Marrow contain Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells, anti-inflammatory molecules termed, as a group, Cytokines, as well as multiple cellular molecular secretions called Growth Factors; you guessed it, Bone Marrow Concentrate is a great source of those extra cellular vesicles, Exosomes. My Regenexx affiliation and the International Orthopedics Foundation offer quality assurance and safety in an otherwise poorly regulated environment. While the FDA had an April meeting scheduled for testimony and Regenerative Medicine review; that meeting is now set back six months because of a change in leadership at the FDA. Until that delayed meeting, for quality assurance and evidence based cellular orthopedics, seek what is safe, what has been shown to work and forget about “promising supplements.”

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