A Reno, Nevada regenerative and functional medicine clinic, now trading as StemXgene, offering bone marrow stem cell injections, platelet rich plasma and hormone therapy.
A prospective patient should know first that the name has changed. The Sierra Stem Cell Institute address now redirects to a site trading as StemXgene, based at the same premises on Longley Lane in Reno, Nevada. The clinic appears to be a rebrand of the earlier practice rather than an unrelated business, but the physician named on the current site is not the one associated with the older Sierra Stem Cell Institute listing, so anyone who was referred to the old practice or to a particular doctor should check who they will actually see.
As presented now, the clinic is a regenerative and functional medicine practice offering non-surgical treatment. Its work falls into four groups: injection treatment for joint, spine and ligament pain; hormone replacement and testosterone therapy; treatment for erectile dysfunction; and hair restoration. Nerve block procedures, including stellate ganglion block, are also offered.
The cell treatments are described more specifically than at many clinics. The site's price list names stem cell injections and infusions drawn from bone marrow, which would make them autologous, that is taken from the patient's own body. Platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from the patient's own blood) is listed in detail by joint and region. Two additives are offered alongside platelet injections: hyaluronic acid, a joint lubricant, and a concentrated blood protein preparation. No donor, umbilical cord, placental or exosome products are named.
The clinic is unusual in this sector for publishing a full price list, which makes comparison with other providers far easier than normal. The named physician is an internal medicine specialist with a pain management certification rather than an orthopedic surgeon, and the site states hospital affiliations in the Reno area. It does not state a founding year or the languages spoken.
The site groups its work around the following problems.
The site's own price list is the clearest statement of what it injects, naming bone marrow as the source for its stem cell treatment and listing platelet rich plasma separately by body region.
The current site names one physician.
The clinic occupies a suite on Longley Lane in Reno, the same address previously listed for the Sierra Stem Cell Institute, which supports the view that this is a rebrand rather than a new business at a new site. The site states affiliations with two Reno-area hospitals, which would give the physician admitting or operating privileges outside the office, although the site does not say that any treatment takes place there. There is no description of the procedure room, imaging used to guide injections, or the laboratory arrangements for processing bone marrow, and no facility accreditation is published.
Unusually, the site publishes a detailed price list in United States dollars. A physician consultation is 230 dollars, stated to be deductible from the cost of certain procedures. Bone marrow stem cell injections or infusions are listed at 6,000 dollars. Platelet rich plasma is 800 dollars for a major joint such as knee, hip, shoulder or elbow, with a stated 50 per cent reduction for treating both sides on the same day; 800 dollars for up to three small joints, with 100 dollars for each further joint; 1,500 dollars for one spinal facet level and side, with 500 dollars for each additional; 900 dollars for the sacroiliac joint; and 800 dollars for the jaw joint. Additions are listed at 160 dollars per syringe of hyaluronic acid and 400 dollars for alpha-2-macroglobulin concentrate. Nerve blocks range from 550 to 750 dollars, a platelet procedure for erectile dysfunction is 900 dollars, shock wave treatment 350 dollars per session, hormone pellet insertion 250 dollars plus 28 dollars per pellet, and hair loss treatment 950 dollars per session.
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.