No. There are some centers which recommend taking the regenerative cells from the bone marrow, growing them in a laboratory and then injecting them back into a patient, but we do not, as we believe this process is not the best way to achieve repair.
Many studies suggest that once the regenerative cells are manipulated outside the body they lose their effectiveness. Furthermore, there is a suggestion that by reproducing these cells outside the body the genetic makeup of the cells may be altered leading to any number of significant problems. Among other factors, it is believed that the telomeres, or ends of the DNA strands, may be significantly altered. The FDA has ruled that cultured cells cannot be used in the United States. We further know that larger numbers of mesenchymal regenerative cells do not translate into greater success. In 2012, a biologics company, Osiris, presented evidence at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery that when 50 million cultured regenerative cells were injected into patients 20% of the patients reported less pain while when 100 million were injected 0% of the patients had less pain.