Research on the treatment of spinal cord injury with cells from bone marrow aspirate was already ongoing more than a decade ago. This 2008 study followed 8 patients for for 2 years after receiving an average of 90 million CD34 cells directly to the spinal cord with no serious adverse events. The patients reported improvements [...]
Neuropathic pain, also known as nerve pain or neuralgia, occurs when there is damage to the nerves; it is one of the major consequences of spinal cord injury. In this study based in Spain, 10 patients received a dose of 100 million bone marrow MSCs, repeated at 4 months and 7 months. No adverse events [...]
Robert Swan is the first person in history to walk to both the North and South Poles. He is also a recent RMI stem cell hip patient, and preparing for his next expedition to the South Pole in a couple weeks. From Robert: Ahoy Team, Thank you so much for everything. This I know has [...]
A study published last year (2015) in the scientific journal Stem Cells entitled “Percutaneous injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate significantly reduces lumbar discogenic pain through 12 months”, reported that patients suffering from chronic back pain due to degenerative disc disease who were treated by injecting their own bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) into their [...]
Int Orthop. 2015 May;39(5):901-5. doi: 10.1007/s00264-015-2725-7. Epub 2015 Mar 22. Outcomes of acute Achilles tendon rupture repair with bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) augmentation Stein BE, Stroh DA, Schon LC. "Excellent results, including no re-ruptures and early mobilisation, were observed..." Abstract PURPOSE: Optimal treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures remains controversial. Positive results using stem-cell-bearing [...]
A study published in the Jul-Dec 2014 edition of the Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine entitled "Bone marrow injection: A novel treatment for tennis elbow" concluded that a single injection of bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) into the elbow led to significant improvement of patients suffering from tennis elbow. The study followed 30 [...]
