CELL CULTURE
Doctors Treating Patients With Their Own Stem Cells: Medical Progress On a Tug-Of-War Tightrope
Progress in medicine is heavily dependent on research, especially well designed and executed clinical studies, and also to discoveries and innovations made by doctors using FDA approved drugs and therapies (and in some instances supplements, e.g., herbs, vitamins, amino acids, etc.) in novel ways and combinations in treating patients ("In-office tinkering" or experimentation, one might say). So long as what a doctor is using does not constitute a "new drug" by FDA criteria and does not violate agency rules that govern new devices or such, what the doctor is doing is considered the practice of medicine and is governed solely by his or her state medical board.
You have probably heard people talking about the "protein diet". A lot of body builders, athletes and even celebrities adhere to this diet plan. So why is there all this hype for protein?
