{"id":29093,"date":"2025-06-05T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29093"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:23:58","slug":"the-allure-of-stem-cell-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29093","title":{"rendered":"The Allure of Stem Cell Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal.<\/p>\n

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The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells from the human body and deliver them to repair injuries and fight disease from the inside out.<\/p>\n

But not all stem cell therapies are created equal. Some, like bone marrow transplants, are supported by decades of clinical research and are considered safe and effective. Others are still in clinical trials, meaning they\u2019re promising concepts but have not yet been put into practice. At the same time, medical spas and longevity clinics are increasingly marketing their own stem cell treatments for arthritis, joint pain<\/a>, Parkinson\u2019s disease, A.L.S. and even better skin.<\/p>\n

Scientists warn that the treatments being touted by these spas and clinics are all unproven, expensive and could come with dangerous side effects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis clinic industry poses all kinds of risks to the public,\u201d said Paul Knoepfler, a professor at the University of California Davis School of Medicine who studies stem cells.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some stem cell experts, including Dr. Knoepfler, are worried that the F.D.A. may loosen oversight on stem cell therapy, which could confuse the public about the difference between scientifically supported treatment and untested therapies.<\/p>\n

Their concerns come in part from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s remarks on the subject, including a post on X<\/a> in October calling for an end to the F.D.A.\u2019s \u201caggressive suppression\u201d of stem cell therapies. During a recent podcast<\/a> with longevity influencer Gary Brecka, Mr. Kennedy said that he had traveled to Antigua to get a stem cell treatment for his throat. Mr. Kennedy, who has a neurological condition that affects his throat and voice, said the therapy helped him \u201cenormously.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal.The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells from the human body and deliver them to repair injuries and fight disease from the inside out.But not all stem cell therapies are created equal. Some, like bone marrow transplants, are supported by decades of clinical research and are considered safe and effective. Others are still in clinical trials, meaning they\u2019re promising concepts but have not yet been put into practice. At the same time, medical spas and longevity clinics are increasingly marketing their own stem cell treatments for arthritis, joint pain, Parkinson\u2019s disease, A.L.S. and even better skin.Scientists warn that the treatments being touted by these spas and clinics are all unproven, expensive and could come with dangerous side effects.\u201cThis clinic industry poses all kinds of risks to the public,\u201d said Paul Knoepfler, a professor at the University of California Davis School of Medicine who studies stem cells.Some stem cell experts, including Dr. Knoepfler, are worried that the F.D.A. may loosen oversight on stem cell therapy, which could confuse the public about the difference between scientifically supported treatment and untested therapies.Their concerns come in part from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s remarks on the subject, including a post on X in October calling for an end to the F.D.A.\u2019s \u201caggressive suppression\u201d of stem cell therapies. During a recent podcast with longevity influencer Gary Brecka, Mr. Kennedy said that he had traveled to Antigua to get a stem cell treatment for his throat. Mr. Kennedy, who has a neurological condition that affects his throat and voice, said the therapy helped him \u201cenormously.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29095,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29096,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions\/29096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}