McCall McPhersonFounder, Modern Thyroid Clinic.

The Future of Medicine May Not Be Medication #shorts

4 Apr 2026 · 2 min

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In this short interview, host McCall McPherson speaks with Dr. Carolyn Halpert of Columbia's BioXcellerator program about the rapidly evolving field of regenerative medicine. Dr. Halpert explains that regenerative medicine, a specialty only 15‑20 years old, leverages the body's innate healing capacity by using biological products such as platelet‑rich plasma (PRP), exosomes, secretomes, and stem cells. She describes the primary sources of stem cells—fat, bone marrow, and perinatal tissues—and notes that many patients in the United States, facing limited conventional treatment options, seek stem cell therapies abroad. The conversation highlights both the promise of these therapies and the current access gap within U.S. healthcare.

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We are having a unique and exciting, inspiring conversation with Dr. Carolyn Halpert of the BioXcellerator program in Columbia. And this is a fascinating research treatment facility that specializes in stem cell treatments. So honestly, a lot of people that are out of options for traditional treatments in medicine in the States look to stem cell therapy. And it's a fascinating conversation because I know in America we have extraordinary healthcare, but we don't have access to the best of the best stem cells and stem cell treatment protocols.
Regenerative medicine is actually a very new specialty. It has been around only for what, 15, 20 years, and it's growing very fast. So it's pretty new when you compare it with the traditional specialties. Regenerative medicine, it's using the ability of the body to heal. So our body has an amazing ability to heal, and it's just restoring that balance or stimulating those pathways that we can push our own body to create new tissue, to regenerate, to work on fibrosis, to simulate new functional tissue. So basically it's using different, let's say, products, biological products, for example, PRP, products that are coming from the body of the patient. So PRP, exosomes, secretomes, stem cells, that you can get stem cells from the fat, from the bone marrow, or from the perinatal tissues. And getting like all the properties, curative, regenerative, stimulating properties to induce in our body regenerative processes.