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1 posted on 07/29/2024 12:12:55 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Ping!...................


2 posted on 07/29/2024 12:13:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Off-the-shelf ?


3 posted on 07/29/2024 12:16:06 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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If this had only come out sooner, I might not have had to have that painful knee replacement surgery last year. Ouch.


5 posted on 07/29/2024 12:18:58 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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The stem cell line in question appears to have been derived from a living, adult, voluntary donor, not from an abortion victim.
7 posted on 07/29/2024 12:20:54 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Pingaroony


11 posted on 07/29/2024 12:30:00 PM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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Bump for reading later...


12 posted on 07/29/2024 12:31:25 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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They work well as far as pain. I get the injections every two months, or so. I do not know if the cartilage is healed or not. I am sure losing 25 pounds has not hurt.


13 posted on 07/29/2024 12:32:50 PM PDT by madison10
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15 posted on 07/29/2024 12:36:02 PM PDT by LouAvul (DEI = Didn't Earn It. )
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It would be great if this was effective for finger joint OA.


19 posted on 07/29/2024 12:52:19 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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People have been doing stem cell therapy on knees for a long time, a friend of mine had it done a few times over several years and said it helped him significantly for a while each time.

I guess the only difference with this study is the source of stem cells?


20 posted on 07/29/2024 12:54:39 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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Would this work if the cartilage in in an area that’s avascular...?


23 posted on 07/29/2024 1:20:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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"It’s considered an ‘off-the-shelf’ therapy because it uses donor, or allogeneic, stem cells rather than the patient’s own, the surgical harvesting of which is labor-intensive. Importantly, because the treatment uses mesenchymal stem cells – adult stem cells that can differentiate into other cell types – from adipose tissue or body fat, it doesn’t trigger an immune response."

Oh? Foreign cells aren't rejected?

In what universe?

27 posted on 07/29/2024 1:31:35 PM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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it uses donor

Does "donor" mean aborted fetus?

30 posted on 07/29/2024 1:54:02 PM PDT by fso301
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Just researching this today. This doc argues that Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections are just as effective and a lot less expensive than stem cell injections:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQuSVXQG9-U


41 posted on 07/29/2024 3:18:57 PM PDT by grumpa
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My wife had one knee replaced 5 years ago. She had the shot in the other knee a few weeks ago. Eventually she’s going to have the other one replaced as well.


42 posted on 07/29/2024 3:19:44 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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I bought a new knee brace last week that is working for me now. It is a Copper Fit natural motion knee brace. Instead of the single hinge on each side support, there is a short middle section connected with 3 hinges. It is called a tri-pivot hinge designed to follow the natural motion of the knee. I can sleep with it with no pain.


45 posted on 07/29/2024 4:22:34 PM PDT by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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Bttt


52 posted on 07/29/2024 6:29:28 PM PDT by combat_boots
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