Dave AspreyEntrepreneur, author and podcast host · founder and CEO of Upgrade Labs · no clinical or scientific credential claimed
Yes, and here is the doctor
What it rests onHis own treatment history, presented as a longevity practice rather than as treatment for a diagnosed condition, and repeat podcast appearances by the practitioner.
Source: daveasprey.com ↗
Paul KnoepflerPhD · Professor of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, UC Davis School of Medicine · stem cell and cancer biologist
No, and the extent of it is the problem
What it rests onA review of the clinic's own published descriptions and prices, a search that found no trial listings from the group on ClinicalTrials.gov and one unrelated paper by its founder on PubMed, and his objection that it would be rare for one person to need an intervention at every major joint and level of the spine.
Source: ipscell.com ↗
Asprey is describing a healthy wealthy adult buying an elective preventive procedure. Knoepfler is describing the same procedure sold to anyone who can pay, at a quoted $25,000 to $100,000, and his objection is to its extent rather than to cell therapy.
Both accept that the procedure uses the patient's own bone marrow, fat and blood in the autologous version, that it is not FDA approved, and that it is expensive. Asprey states in his own writing that stem cell procedures carry real risk including vision loss.
Knoepfler states that he is not aware of any FDA action related to this clinic and that only the agency makes compliance determinations, and notes approvingly that the clinic's site says it never treats systemic disease, genetic disorders, autism, spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury.
Published outcome data from the clinic, or any registered trial. Knoepfler states he emailed the clinic's founder with his questions and messaged the firm through its website and received no reply, and would update or follow up if he heard back. That offer is still open and is the cleanest re-ask trigger in the wave.
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