"And there's the whole thing in a nutshell! If you are using the stems cells of the patient, you can't slap a patent on it and charge $9385747348575873.79 per dose!"
I broke the code, and have been saying this for years. Follow the money...
It would still cost money to have this kind of treatment, regardless of whether the treatment protocol / product was patented or not. this is not the crux the of the matter at all.