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Originally Posted by Fathub

Anna, I have never seen any verified studies of the effectiveness of Stem Cell injections other than the promotors thereof. Do you have any links to some bonafide studies?

This is a bit bigger question than I can answer quickly. I'll try to post something under Regenerative Medicine as I can. Quick answer: blind studies, implying the control group's getting needles stuck into degenerated disks with no effort to treat them, would seem to be medically unethical as we know that casually injecting disks can lead to damage or accelerate the damage that's already present. That means we're probably never going to find a published, verified, statistically valid, blind study. You're more likely to find long-term studies discussing outcomes but not comparing those against any control group.