Informed Consent for Stem Cell Banking: What Physicians Must Document Across States
Informed consent has always been an ethical and legal baseline in medicine. In non-FDA-approved stem cell therapy, it is now also a specific statutory compliance requirement, and the elements differ by state. Florida SB 1768, Utah’s amended Section 58-1-512, and Wyoming SF 48 each condition lawful practice on a written consent that contains particular elements, […]
Current Good Tissue Practice (CGTP): The FDA Standard Your Lab Partner Must Meet
If a physician banks or processes a patient’s adipose tissue through a third-party lab, the quality of that tissue is governed by a federal standard called Current Good Tissue Practice. CGTP lives in Subpart D of 21 CFR Part 1271 and applies to every registered HCT/P establishment, including those making 361 products that need no […]
What Florida’s SB 1768 Means for Advertising Your Stem Cell Practice
Florida’s CS/CS/SB 1768 does not just regulate how physicians perform non-FDA-approved stem cell therapy. It regulates how they advertise it. The statute requires a specific notice in every advertisement, and that requirement sits on top of, not instead of, the Federal Trade Commission’s rules on health claims and testimonials and the advertising policies of Google […]
The Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Market in 2026: Science, Pipeline, and What It Means for Patients Who Bank Today
The adipose-derived stem cell market is one of the most active segments in regenerative medicine in 2026, driven by over four hundred active clinical trials, the December 2024 FDA approval of the first MSC-based biologic, and a growing body of published research documenting the multipotent and immunomodulatory properties of ADSCs across orthopedic, autoimmune, neurological, and […]
Is Adipose Tissue Banking Worth the Cost? A Transparent Framework for Evaluating the Investment
Adipose tissue banking costs between $8,000 and $15,000 for the initial package plus annual storage fees, which makes it a significant cash-pay health investment with a return that depends on a pipeline that is maturing but not yet fully realized. Whether it is worth it depends on three things that are entirely specific to you: […]
Why Physicians Are Joining the Save My Fat Provider Network: The Case for Adding Banking to Your Practice
Adipose tissue banking is a service that a growing number of physicians across plastic surgery, aesthetic medicine, orthopedics, and functional medicine are adding to their practices. Not as a departure from their clinical focus, but as a natural extension of it. The harvest technique is within existing physician skill sets, the regulatory framework is established […]
Banking Together: Why Couples and Families Are Making Adipose Tissue Banking a Shared Health Decision
Adipose tissue banking is an individual biological preservation decision, but more health-forward couples and families are approaching it as a shared health investment. Coordinating appointments, planning the cost across household budgets, and making sure that both partners or multiple family members preserve their cells while biological quality is still at its best. The biology of […]
How to Choose the Right Adipose Tissue Banking Provider: A Patient’s Evaluation Guide
Choosing an adipose tissue banking provider is a decision that deserves the same diligence you would apply to any significant cash-pay health investment, because the regulatory compliance of the laboratory, the training of the provider performing the harvest, and the transparency of the banking program all directly affect what you actually get for your investment. […]
What to Expect on Your Adipose Tissue Banking Day: A Step-by-Step Patient Guide
The banking harvest is a thirty-minute outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia at a Save My Fat partner provider’s office. No hospital, no general anesthesia, and most patients return to normal activity the same day or the following day. Knowing exactly what to expect before you arrive makes the experience more comfortable and helps you […]
What Is Save My Fat? The Complete Guide to How the Program Works
Save My Fat is a tissue banking program that allows adults to preserve their own adipose-derived stem cells through a thirty-minute outpatient harvest procedure, processed and cryopreserved by L2 Bio for long-term storage and potential future use in clinical trials, expanded access programs, and FDA-approved therapies as they develop. The program connects patients with trained […]