Chicago-area arm of R3 Stem Cell, a global network offering donor umbilical cord and amniotic cell treatments that it states are experimental and not FDA approved.
R3 Stem Cell is a regenerative medicine company that operates as a network rather than a single clinic. It states it has more than 80 centres worldwide across eight countries, and this listing covers its Chicago-area presence, with the site referring to Arlington Heights, McHenry and Buffalo Grove. Treatment is delivered by affiliated providers rather than at a single R3-owned hospital, so it is important to establish which specific clinic and which specific doctor you would actually be seen by.
The main product is mesenchymal stem cells, which the company says are sourced from umbilical cord tissue and amniotic fluid donated after scheduled caesarean births, and processed in a laboratory it describes as meeting Good Manufacturing Practice standards. It also offers exosomes, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) from the patient's own blood, bone marrow concentrate, and several branded packages. Treatment is given by injection into a joint or as an intravenous infusion, on a same-day outpatient basis.
Two things deserve careful attention. The company's own site states that all treatments are experimental, are not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to treat, cure or prevent any disease, and are not covered by insurance. Separately, the site quotes an 85 percent success rate for cell-based musculoskeletal procedures; that figure is self-published by the company, is not independently verified here, and should not be taken as an expected result. The list of conditions is extremely wide, covering neurological, cardiac, autoimmune and metabolic disease as well as joint problems.
This condition list is exceptionally broad, spanning joint, neurological, cardiac, autoimmune and metabolic disease. The company itself states these treatments are experimental and not FDA approved. Ask what published evidence exists for your own condition before paying anything.
The main products are donor birth tissue rather than the patient's own cells.
Only the company's chief executive is named; no treating clinician for the Chicago area is listed.
The Chicago pages refer to Arlington Heights, McHenry and Buffalo Grove but do not publish street addresses, opening hours, the year of establishment, languages spoken or any dedicated international patient service. Enquiries are handled through a central telephone number, (844) 438-7836. Because R3 works through affiliated providers, ask which clinic address you would attend and which doctor would treat you.
No prices are published. The company states cost varies with the condition, treatment area and protocol, offers a free physician-led consultation, and states plainly that insurance does not cover these procedures because they are considered experimental. Get the full cost in writing before committing.
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.