Stem Cell Claims versus Outcomes Data
It is now over four years since I began the most comprehensive outcomes clinical trial ever undertaken in which Bone Marrow Concentrate was used to reduce pain, improve function, increase activities and alter the progression of osteoarthritis in a knee joint. At the start, it was generally believed that the adult mesenchymal stem cells would reproduce themselves and emerge as cartilage therein regenerating the joint. Continued scientific investigation has taught us that the adult mesenchymal stem cell acts as the conductor of a complex bio-immune process in conjunction with growth factors. One such growth factor is an endogenous polypeptide molecule, Transforming Growth Factor -Beta (TGF-ẞ). There are many other growth factors derived from the Bone Marrow Concentrate that play a role but that discussion is beyond the scope of this Blog. Additionally, be aware that Platelet-derived growth factor attracts mesenchymal stem cells and can stimulate proteoglycan production and chondrocyte proliferation. Incidentally, should you decide to seek consultation with one of the plethora of so called regenerative medical specialists populating the internet and advertising in the media, before you go, print my blog and ask them relevant questions pertaining to the science. You make be surprised to learn you as a potential regenerative consumer know more about the subject than the highly visible marketing provider.
Getting back to the clinical trial, the recruiting process of 50 patients ended two years ago and now we have two to four year of outcomes data to statistically analyze; that scientific process will be completed next week and presented at the Orthobiologic Institute meeting taking place in Las Vegas, June 8 to 10. For the first time, real outcomes data having been analyzed using the same criteria I used in my 37- year career as a joint replacement surgeon and head of a joint replacement program at a major medical center in Chicago will be presented to the regenerative medicine community. Unfortunately, I am unable to control the charlatans and camp followers who will attend the meeting and even try to use my data for their marketing. I choose to share my data as a challenge to those who seek to market and advertise stem cells for every malady known to mankind.
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Tags: bone marrow, Clinical Trial. Mitchell B. Sheinkop, Concentrated Stem Cell Plasma, Growth Factors, Mesenchymal Stem Cell, proteoglycan, stem cells, Transforming Growth Factor -Beta