Is stem cell therapy FDA-approved?
A narrow set is — chiefly blood-forming (hematopoietic) transplants and a few specific products. The vast majority of what clinics advertise is not.
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Stem cell therapy,
without the hype.
A fast, structured reference to what regenerative medicine actually contains — every major therapy type, its real use, and how strong the evidence is. Built for people who want the data, not the sales pitch.
~1,500active registered trials
2broad FDA cell-therapy categories
40+yrs of proven HSCT use
90%+of "clinics" market unproven care
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Every major cell therapy, ranked by evidence.
CodeTherapyPrimary useEvidence
HSCTHematopoietic stem cell transplantLeukemia, lymphoma, immune disordersStrong
LSCLimbal stem cellsCorneal surface reconstructionStrong
MSCMesenchymal stromal cellsGraft-vs-host disease, orthopedic repairEmerging
iPSCInduced pluripotent stem cellsDisease modeling, early retinal trialsInvestigational
NSCNeural stem cellsSpinal cord & neurodegenerative trialsInvestigational
ADSCAdipose-derived "stem cell" clinicsMarketed for aging, joints, everythingUnproven
Evidence tiers are editorial summaries of the published literature, not medical advice.
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The questions people actually search.
What does "evidence level" mean here?
Strong = approved & standard of care. Emerging = active trials with real signal. Investigational = early human research. Unproven = sold ahead of the data.
Why is this a reference, not a clinic?
This is an index of what the field actually contains and how solid each area is. No treatment, no booking, no hype — just the map.
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A periodic briefing when the evidence actually changes — new approvals, retracted claims, trials worth watching. Signal only.