A regenerative medicine clinic in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, injecting donor umbilical cord derived cells alongside platelet rich plasma, shockwave and aesthetic treatments.
NM Stem Cell is a regenerative medicine clinic at 918 Pinehurst Road Southeast in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, just outside Albuquerque. The site describes it as a multidisciplinary clinic offering regenerative medicine alongside other non-surgical, drug-free treatments. Its range is broad: cell injections, platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from a sample of the patient's own blood), shockwave therapy, exosome therapy, ozone therapy, neuropathy treatment, wound care, body contouring, weight-loss programmes using peptides, and facial aesthetic treatments including stem cell and exosome facials.
The clinic's core offering is what it calls human cellular tissue therapy. The site states that this uses mesenchymal stem cells taken from the Wharton's jelly of donated umbilical cords - Wharton's jelly being the gelatinous tissue inside the cord - and that the tissue is sourced from tissue banks it describes as accredited by the United States Food and Drug Administration. This is an allogeneic (from a donor) approach rather than an autologous (from the patient's own body) one.
Two things are worth a prospective patient's attention here. First, the terminology: tissue establishments register with the Food and Drug Administration rather than being accredited by it, and registration is not the same as approval of a product. Umbilical cord cell products marketed for injection in the United States generally require approval as biological drugs, and the site does not state the regulatory basis on which the material is supplied or used. Second, the site does not name the tissue bank, does not state cell counts or viability, and does not say whether the cells are living at the point of injection. These are reasonable questions to put in writing before paying.
Conditions named on the site include osteoarthritis and other arthritis, degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease, tendinitis, rotator cuff and meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament tears, plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow, back and sciatic pain, knee and shoulder pain, neuropathy, and skin rejuvenation. The site names Lonnie Peets as owner and practitioner but does not publish his credentials, and the directory's earlier note of a nurse practitioner on the team is not confirmed on the pages reviewed. A reference to forty-one years of experience appears without explanation. No prices are published, though a free consultation is offered; no founding year or languages are stated.
The site names the following conditions in connection with its cell and regenerative treatments.
The site states that its human cellular tissue therapy uses mesenchymal stem cells taken from the Wharton's jelly of donated umbilical cords, supplied by tissue banks it describes as accredited by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
The site names one practitioner and does not publish credentials for the team.
The clinic occupies a suite at 918 Pinehurst Road Southeast in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and also refers to serving Albuquerque. The site describes a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic with a reception area, treatment rooms fitted with examination chairs and ultrasound equipment, and separate consultation rooms. No cleanroom or cell processing laboratory is described, which is consistent with a clinic that buys in a donor-derived product; no accreditation of the clinic itself is claimed.
The site does not publish prices for cell injections, platelet rich plasma, exosome treatments or anything else, and does not say whether any of it is covered by insurance. It does offer a free initial consultation, at which cost would presumably be discussed.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.