A patient who shows interest for joint treatment with his body’s own stem cells wants to know:
I would be interested in what stem cells from autologous fat exactly do. Do they cause the growth of new cartilage?
There are two equal hypotheses. One says that new cartilage cells develop from stem cells, the other tells that stem cells release cytokines which stimulate joint cells to do regeneration of osteoarthritis. Probably both processes happen.
DDr. Heinrich, MD