
Regenerative medicine isn’t likely to be a topic of discussion at the typical American dinner table. Still, most people have heard of regenerative therapies like platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell therapies. What they might not know is that regenerative therapy is making huge strides in Western medicine.
It wasn’t long ago that Western medicine considered regenerative therapies little more than modern medical quackery. Unfortunately, unscrupulous practitioners helped encourage that reputation by offering therapies they should not have offered. Equally unfortunate is that a few patients were injured as a result.
Nonetheless, legitimate research into regenerative therapies has continued unabated. …