Dr. Adeel Khan

They're just sending signals to help your body to heal better. And of course, there's biological substances, which we'll go into too. But at a very high level, we're just giving your body the right tools and the right signals so it can heal on itself.

They're just sending signals to help your body to heal better. And of course, there's biological substances, which we'll go into too. But at a very high level, we're just giving your body the right tools and the right signals so it can heal on itself.

Yeah, and I think that's really the key. The tools that we have now are much better than they were even five years ago. So regenerative medicine is moving at an accelerated rate. And that's to your point, a lot of physicians don't understand that there's so much innovation happening in regenerative medicine.

Yeah, and I think that's really the key. The tools that we have now are much better than they were even five years ago. So regenerative medicine is moving at an accelerated rate. And that's to your point, a lot of physicians don't understand that there's so much innovation happening in regenerative medicine.

And so they still have this concept that they were taught in medical school, or maybe they learned, you know, or 10 years ago when, you know, stem cells had all this hype and they don't actually end up doing anything. And so in their mind, that's what they still think. And of course,

And so they still have this concept that they were taught in medical school, or maybe they learned, you know, or 10 years ago when, you know, stem cells had all this hype and they don't actually end up doing anything. And so in their mind, that's what they still think. And of course,

Stem cells is the first one I have to talk about just because I think that's the one people always think about with regenerative medicine. Stem cells is a very broad term, number one. What that means is that it's not specific to any type of nomenclature. If you go to a stem cell clinic, they're not specifying. What does that mean?

Stem cells is the first one I have to talk about just because I think that's the one people always think about with regenerative medicine. Stem cells is a very broad term, number one. What that means is that it's not specific to any type of nomenclature. If you go to a stem cell clinic, they're not specifying. What does that mean?

Does that mean you're getting a stem cell from the fat, the bone marrow? And even if you get the stem cell, is it culture expanded? How is it being engineered? How is it being isolated?

Does that mean you're getting a stem cell from the fat, the bone marrow? And even if you get the stem cell, is it culture expanded? How is it being engineered? How is it being isolated?

And there's so many questions that just don't go answered when you ask these clinics that. And that's a problem still to this day with a lot of the offshore clinics, too, is there's all this excitement around stem cells. But at the end of the day, stem cells have two functions. One is to self-renew. and others to differentiate and turn into other types of tissue.

And there's so many questions that just don't go answered when you ask these clinics that. And that's a problem still to this day with a lot of the offshore clinics, too, is there's all this excitement around stem cells. But at the end of the day, stem cells have two functions. One is to self-renew. and others to differentiate and turn into other types of tissue.

So the analogy I like is kind of think of it like a, you know, like a master key. And that master key can replicate itself and then it can, you know, open up like different doors or it can divide and clone itself and then open up other doors that way.

So the analogy I like is kind of think of it like a, you know, like a master key. And that master key can replicate itself and then it can, you know, open up like different doors or it can divide and clone itself and then open up other doors that way.

uh and so if if that's a function of a stem cell in theory then it should be able to repair tissue and fix things in your body when we put them there but it turns out when we take stem cells in the test tube and then we and versus when we put them in your body they behave differently so it's not as simple as we thought and and there's very and there's a lot of different types of stem cells so those stem cells are one of the big categories of regenerative medicine that's that's one of them right

uh and so if if that's a function of a stem cell in theory then it should be able to repair tissue and fix things in your body when we put them there but it turns out when we take stem cells in the test tube and then we and versus when we put them in your body they behave differently so it's not as simple as we thought and and there's very and there's a lot of different types of stem cells so those stem cells are one of the big categories of regenerative medicine that's that's one of them right

There's so many. But even in stem cells, I mean, you can just do a whole podcast just literally about that because stem cells are such a depth concept. But at a very high level, what people need to understand is just when you take something from your own body, like, for example, if you go to the U.S.

There's so many. But even in stem cells, I mean, you can just do a whole podcast just literally about that because stem cells are such a depth concept. But at a very high level, what people need to understand is just when you take something from your own body, like, for example, if you go to the U.S.

right now, there's a lot of stem cell clinics, but they're not actually true stem cells because if you're just taking your bone marrow or your fat and then you're just isolating that and injecting it, it doesn't actually have the ability to turn into new tissue, but it does have an ability to reduce inflammation.

right now, there's a lot of stem cell clinics, but they're not actually true stem cells because if you're just taking your bone marrow or your fat and then you're just isolating that and injecting it, it doesn't actually have the ability to turn into new tissue, but it does have an ability to reduce inflammation.