Orthopedic surgeons in Austin are injecting bone marrow stem cells into knee joints to reduce inflammation

Texas Docs Injecting Stem Cells  (Bilione Young @ OTW)
Dr. Robert Johnson, an orthopedic surgeon in Austin, Texas, took stem cells from the bone marrow of the hip of a 59-year-old man and injected it back into the patient’s knee joints. The result? Johnson said the stem cells reduced inflammation and pain and then became the cartilage that the man was missing.
Johnson is part of a nonprofit medical group called MedRebels—funded primarily by two local medical product and research companies. The operating premise of MedRebels is that more people could stay active and possibly disease free in the...