The FDA is merely a whipping boy for Big Pharma. They are not there to protect the public but rather to protect markets for the pharmaceutical industry. All of this bespeaks of the revolving door between the two, which ought to be illegal. However, this is how the fraud and scam works between politics and corporations. So you can sit and wait for real help while the FDA does what it can to slow the process down so that big pharma can make more money selling their side effect-laden drugs at the expense of those with unfortunate circumstances. This is why Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant had to travel outside the U.S. to have this treatment done. Stem cells are being used now to treat far more than joint problems. For the most cutting edge work check out The Stem Cell Institute in Panama City Panama. So why is this readily available in other countries that have government healthcare? A healthcare system’s primary concern ought to be health not profits. So our system is fundamentally flawed.