This is the section clinics would prefer you skipped.
What is actually FDA approved
The FDA has approved a set of cord blood haematopoietic progenitor cell products — ALLOCORD, CLEVECORD, DUCORD, HEMACORD, and licensed products from Clinimmune Labs, MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank, LifeSouth and Bloodworks. All are approved for disorders affecting blood production, and nothing else.
Nothing is FDA approved for arthritis, back pain, COPD, autism, ageing, or wellness. Stromal vascular fraction from fat is not lawfully marketable for those uses. No exosome product has approval.
Unapproved stem cell products remain an active FDA enforcement priority.
"FDA registered" is not "FDA approved"
Facility registration is an administrative listing. Any clinic can do it. It says nothing about whether a product works or is permitted. Clinics that lean on this phrasing are choosing words designed to mislead you, and that tells you something about the clinic.
Documented harms
These are not hypothetical. Each has occurred and been reported in the medical literature or by regulators:
- Serious bacterial infections traced to contaminated umbilical cord products
- Permanent blindness after fat-derived cell injection into the eye
- Spinal tumour growth following injections at an unregulated clinic
- Pulmonary embolism after intravenous infusion
- Large financial losses, frequently from retirement savings