A Raleigh-area affiliate of R3 Stem Cell, a commercial network that arranges cell and platelet injection therapies for a wide range of conditions.
R3 Stem Cell is a commercial regenerative medicine network rather than a single clinic. Its own site states that it has more than eighty centres worldwide across eight countries, and the Raleigh page is a marketing and enquiry page for its affiliate arrangement in that part of North Carolina. Patients are directed to a central telephone number and an enquiry form rather than to a named local practice.
The range of treatments the site lists is unusually broad for a musculoskeletal provider. It names platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from the patient's own blood), bone marrow derived stem cells, adipose or fat derived stem cells, umbilical cord tissue cells, amniotic derived cells, exosome therapy, and several proprietary products it calls MUSE stem cells, StemImplant, Power Plasma and a Regenerative Trifecta combination. On sourcing, the site is relatively explicit for this sector: it describes using the patient's own tissue elements — blood, fat or bone marrow — and also donor material taken, according to the site, from amniotic fluid or umbilical cord tissue collected from consenting donors after planned caesarean deliveries.
The conditions listed go well beyond joints. Alongside arthritis, back pain and rotator cuff problems the page lists neurological conditions including Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury, autoimmune conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. A reader should treat that breadth with caution: cell therapy for most of these conditions is not established treatment, and the site publishes no outcome data to support its use in them. Anyone considering treatment for a serious neurological or autoimmune condition should discuss it with their own specialist first and ask whether any of it is supported by published trials.
Two further gaps are worth noting. The page gives no street address, no clinic name and no named doctor for the Raleigh area, so a prospective patient cannot tell in advance who would treat them or where. The site also states plainly that stem cell therapy is not covered by insurance and is paid for out of pocket, but publishes no prices at all.
The site lists a very wide range of conditions, many of them well outside orthopaedics; a reader should note that cell therapy is not established treatment for most of them.
The site says it uses both the patient's own tissue — blood, fat or bone marrow — and donor material that it states is taken from amniotic fluid or umbilical cord tissue collected from consenting donors after planned caesarean deliveries.
No doctor or other clinician is named for the Raleigh area on the pages reviewed, and no local clinic name is given; a prospective patient would have to ask who would actually perform the procedure and what their qualifications are.
No facility is described. The Raleigh page functions as a lead-generation page for R3 Stem Cell's affiliate network: it gives a central freephone number, 844-438-7836, and an enquiry form, but no street address, no opening hours, no description of the premises and no statement about whether cells would be processed on site or shipped in. The wider site says the network has more than eighty centres in eight countries. Anyone considering treatment should establish, before paying anything, which physical clinic they would attend, who owns it and who would be injecting them.
The site publishes no prices. It states clearly that stem cell therapy is not covered by insurance and is paid for out of pocket, and advertises a free initial consultation, but gives no figure or range for any treatment. Because the network sells several different products, a prospective patient should ask in writing what the total cost would be, which product is being quoted for, and how many sessions are expected.
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.