What Training Do Providers Need Before Performing Adipose Tissue Banking?

Save My Fat provides comprehensive onboarding to every partner provider before they see their first banking patient, covering the harvest procedure, patient consultation framework, informed consent requirements, chain-of-custody documentation, and specimen shipping protocol. Physicians already comfortable with minor liposuction techniques will find the procedural training familiar. Those who are not will find it achievable. No […]
The First FDA-Approved Mesenchymal Stem Cell Product: What It Means for Regenerative Medicine Providers

In December 2024, the FDA approved Ryoncil (remestemcel-L-rknd), making it the first mesenchymal stem cell product to complete the full FDA approval pathway. For physicians evaluating whether the stem cell field is scientifically and regulatorily credible, this approval is the clearest available answer. It does not mean that adipose-derived cell therapies are currently approved for […]
How Stem Cell Banking Fits Into a Cash-Pay Practice Model in 2026

For physicians already working in a cash-pay or hybrid model, stem cell banking adds a compliant service line that requires no insurance billing, no new equipment, and no additional laboratory infrastructure. The harvest is a 30-minute outpatient procedure under local anesthesia. L2 Bio handles all cell processing and storage. Save My Fat routes patients in […]
The Regenerative Medicine Market in 2026: What Physicians Need to Know Before Deciding

Regenerative medicine is no longer a fringe category. The adipose-derived stem cell market is growing at a documented 15% annually, the FDA approved its first mesenchymal stem cell product at the end of 2024, and more than 400 clinical trials involving adipose-derived cells are actively recruiting worldwide. For physicians considering whether to add stem cell […]
What Informed Consent Means in Regenerative Medicine Research

Informed consent is a process, not a signature on a form. It is the foundation of ethical research involving human beings, and it exists to ensure that every person who participates in a clinical study does so with a clear understanding of what the study involves, what the risks are, and that their participation is […]
What Is 21 CFR Part 1271 and Why It Governs Your Tissue Storage

Twenty-one CFR Part 1271 is the core FDA regulation that establishes safety and quality rules for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products, a category that includes banked adipose tissue. The citation looks like legal code, and in a technical sense it is, but its requirements have very real consequences for how tissue is […]