OxyContin vs. Oxycodone. The active ingredient in OxyContin is oxycodone but OxyContin (a brand name derived from oxycodone continuous) has a time-release mechanism, which means the drug is released in the body over a period of time and patients have to take the drug less often.
Transplanting organs, tissues or cells from one person to another. Compare with autologous transplantation. Amniotic fluid stem cell. A type of cell derived from amniotic fluid, which is the liquid that surrounds a developing fetus in the amniotic sac.
First, chopped up, freeze dried amniotic tissue is a not a stem cell therapy. There are no cells at all, just whatâs called âextra-cellular matrixâ. This is the substrate tissue in which the living cells used to reside. If you read these companyâs brochures, this is exactly what youâll see. For example, one company sells a product called AmnioFix.