Mayo Clinic researchers conducted the world's first prospective, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical study testing bone marrow stem cells to reduce arthritic pain and disability in the knees.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed publication (PubMed/PMC) and independent review from HealthNewsReview corroborating the study design and its claim of being a first-of-kind trial. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Mayo Clinic finds surprising results on first-ever test of stem ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27566242/ (corroboration)
- https://www.healthnewsreview.org/news-release-review/pr-release-claims-stem-cell-injections-for-arthritic-knees-led-to-surprising-and-dramatic-results-but-the-therapy-and-placebo-performed-equally/ (corroboration)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6755869/ (corroboration)