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Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 8 11:43am | Replies (3052)

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@johnbishop

Hello @ndttech, welcome to Mayo Clnic Connect. I've not heard of Wharton's jelly injections for PN but I did find some information that may help. I'm not sure there has been any clinical trials for stem cell therapy for peripheral neuropathy. There have been a lot of clinics popping up all over the country touting stem cell therapy treatments which is why the FDA put out a warning. I think stem cell therapy holds a lot of hope but I don't think it's quite there yet. I would want to see some extensive clinical trials that show it works.

FDA Warns About Stem Cell Therapies
-- https://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm286155.htm

Porcine Wharton’s jelly cells distribute throughout the body after intraperitoneal injection
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813394/

Long term effect and safety of Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells on type 2 diabetes
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997981/

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Replies to "Hello @ndttech, welcome to Mayo Clnic Connect. I've not heard of Wharton's jelly injections for PN..."

Thank you John. This is very useful information.
I followed all links and the articles are very positive about the potential benefits of Wharton's Jelly injections for diabetics and PN.
Looks like a human clinical study was done in China with very positive outcome.
If you hear of any human trials here, I would volunteer.