From the review- that is an interesting take from Paul
Regenexx & Centeno promotion
A second problem is that the film at times feels like it’s promoting Centeno and his brand Regenexx. It’s like there’s stem cell commercial material mixed in there this way. For example, there’s a segment on how Regenexx supposedly saved some company tons of money on health coverage for employees. This doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the film at all.
It got me wondering again how the film, including that funny jaunt to Panama, was financed?
A quick search of Centeno’s Regenexx blog found many past mentions of the From Jail Cell to Stem Cell filmmaker Doug Orchard. For years Orchard made promotional videos for Regenexx so that says something about the new film I think.
Centeno in addition has had a financial reason to go after fat stem cell and exosome firms, chiropractors selling stem cells, etc. because they are his business competitors. I do believe he truly feels these firms do harm to patients and that is part of his motivation here too and if I recall in the film there is a brief disclosure that he is critical of some competitors at times so that’s good.
Notably, the Regenexx approaches as used in the U.S. are FDA-compliant so that’s a very different situation than the clinics and suppliers featured in the film, but keep in mind that Regenexx has not really been proven to be effective consistently in rigorous studies. Regenexx is also sold at stem cell clinics too, just a different kind.
