If you're a die-hard fan of baseball, you'll know that the winter isn't really the off-season. Managers and owners come together at the annual Winter Meetings to wheel and deal, jostling to improve their rosters for contention next season.  With the potential investment of millions into the golden arms of these players, owners signing the checks must be sure the player will last the tenure of their contract. Baseball players (especially pitchers) can quietly undergo therapies for their arm to avoid painful elbow surgeries. From high-school prospects to major-league hall-of-famers, therapy for the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) has been essential for pitchers hoping to have long, lucrative careers in the Major Leagues. In 2016, Los Angeles Angels pitchers Andrew Heaney and Garrett Richards broke their silence and went public about undergoing a new form [...]

It's the worst kept secret in baseball (besides the scientific fact Mike Trout is from another planet): players, especially pitchers, are relying more and more on stem cell therapy to ward off injury. The progressive stem cell therapies of today are being used by ball players from high-school prospects to major-league stars. Despite the fact everyone's doing it, nobody talks about it, kind of like picking your nose. So it was both anticlimactic and a revelation when the Los Angeles Angels announced that both Andrew Heaney and Garrett Richards would treat their torn ulnar collateral ligaments (UCLs) through stem cell treatments. It marked the first time ball players and their employers were open to divulging the rehabilitation plans utilizing this novel procedure. Until now, the only solution to a torn or damaged UCL had [...]

Like all technology in today's world, stem cell research and the utilization of stem cells are growing and evolving exponentially. As of now, stem cell therapy is generally used to treat injuries, repairing bones, cartilage, and muscles tissues. Their application to organs has yet to be meticulously explored, until now. In a substantial breakthrough in regenerative medicine, scientists may have discovered a way for stem cells to repair damage to the human heart. If the stem cell treatment proves to be a safe, efficient method to fix the heart, the number of people dying from heart failure can be cut in half. Researchers have always held hope that stem cell therapies would be the future of organ repair, due to their inimitable ability to differentiate into any type of cell in the body. What [...]