PRP, Regenerative Cell Therapies and Commercial Cell Banking with Drew Taylor of Acorn Biolabs

<p><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regenerative cell therapy may one day help us all grow our own replacement parts. People with heart failure could get a transplant for an entirely new heart, made out of their own cells. Burn victims, or people who just want wrinkle-free skin, could grow new sheets of the stuff — from their own tissues. Younger cells may provide better raw material for these therapies than older versions, and so a commercial cell banking industry has sprung up to provide the required cryogenic storage for about the price of a Netflix subscription. But is it worth it? To help listeners decide, Medcan Director of Genetics Allison Hazell interviews Drew Taylor of Acorn Biolabs, a Toronto commercial cell banking start-up, with a dissenting opinion from Aaron Levine of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href= "https://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-67-cell-banking"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> https://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-67-cell-banking</span></a></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Links</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Visit the Acorn Biolabs website to learn more about regenerative cell therapies and <a href="https://www.acorn.me/#how-it-works">commercial cell banking</a>.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hazell and Taylor discussed platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and other regenerative therapies for sports injury. A good <a href= "https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/platelet-rich-plasma-injections#1"> explainer on PRP</a>. An Acorn Biolabs blog post on PRP and <a href="https://www.acorn.me/blogs/news/regenerative-recovery-using-your-own-cells-to-treat-sports-injury"> future therapies for sports injuries</a>. A Mayo Clinic primer on <a href= "https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-