Stem cells are transplanted tissue, not manufactured drugs. Our Medical Director made that case to Mexico’s regulator, and won.
In the United States, a stem cell is regulated as a pharmaceutical. Think about that. Living human tissue, reviewed on the same criteria as a synthetic chemical.
At the moment Mexico was set to follow in America’s footsteps, our Medical Director Dr. Tagle was Regional Director of COFEPRIS, Mexico’s FDA equivalent. He took the risk of presenting the alternative case: that a stem cell is closer to a kidney than to a chemical. It is tissue, taken from one person and given to another, and should be treated that way in law. The pharmaceutical industry opposed him. He won.
Mexico became the first country to write a legal framework for therapeutic stem cell use. Governments drafting their own regulations still consult him today. The laboratories now running in Panama and Colombia first learned their protocols in our lab.
That laboratory has run continuously since 2008. It is where our cells are made. Every batch is culture-expanded from ethically sourced donor tissue and screened by flow cytometry before release, at a viability floor of 98%.
SOMA was built on the foundations of that laboratory. We exist to make these therapies available to the patients and families who need them.
North America’s first and still the standard
Verified every batch via flow cytometry
Potent Cells
Up to 285 million cells offered during treatment
A physician before he was a regulator, Dr. Tagle argued that stem cells belong in patients’ hands, and won. Mexico’s framework exists because of that fight. He now advises governments and trains laboratories abroad, and at SOMA he sets the clinical standard.
Out of school, Eka was pulled two ways: filmmaking and the arts, human biology and the natural sciences. One became his career, two decades in film and television. The other stayed private, a steady pull toward how the body heals. His son Mana’s diagnosis with terminal brain cancer, at age 10, brought the two together. SOMA carries them both, and Mana’s legacy.
Kevin Powell built companies for two decades before long COVID took the one thing he'd never had to think about: his health. He went to Mexico for stem cells, and the workup there caught what years of appointments at home had missed: the virus had done real damage to his heart. The same cells became the therapy that brought it back. He co-founded Soma Regenerative to make that kind of medicine the standard, not the exception.
For three decades, Dr. Vincent has managed high-stakes recovery as a national team doctor across seven World Championships and two Olympic Games. A chiropractic sports physician, former world-class runner, and co-founder of a multiple sclerosis research foundation, he brings that experience to SOMA—helping patients rebuild after injury and return to their peak.
Named program directors and board-certified specialists across regenerative medicine, immunotherapy, orthopedics, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, and more, with a deep anesthesiology bench for spinal and intrathecal delivery. Every protocol is reviewed and approved before treatment.
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Directs our regenerative medicine program. Reviews every patient’s labs and approves every treatment protocol.
Oversees our regenerative fertility program. Paraovarian and vaginal regenerative administration.
Regenerative cell administration directly into joints and spine.
Epidural and intrathecal regenerative applications.
Aesthetic surgery, with regenerative treatment for face, hair, and fat transfer.
Regenerative cell administration for ear and thyroid conditions.
Directs our immunotherapy program. Internal medicine and hematology, with fellowship training in immunology and proteomics.
Direct joint administration, with upper extremity subspecialty.
Refractive surgeon. Regenerative cell administration for eye conditions.
Anesthesiologist and regenerative pain specialist. Performs our stellate ganglion block.
Epidural, intrathecal, and paraspinal regenerative applications.
Epidural, intrathecal, and paraspinal regenerative applications.
Honest answers about how SOMA works and what to expect.
No. SOMA works exclusively with ethically sourced mesenchymal stem cells from healthy, screened donors. Every cell line is processed in our ISO Class 6 GMP laboratory.
Treatment takes place at Del Prado Medical Tower, a COFEPRIS-regulated private hospital in Tijuana. Our team coordinates your travel, stay, and care, and on treatment day you receive the printed viability and purity results for the exact cells you will receive before any procedure begins.
Yes. Mexico was the first country to write a legal framework for therapeutic stem cell use, and our Medical Director helped shape it. Treatment operates under COFEPRIS regulatory oversight.
Cost depends on your condition and your protocol. Your free consultation includes a clear breakdown, with no hidden fees and no obligation.
Start with our two-minute assessment or a free call. We review your medical history and give you an honest answer on whether SOMA is right for you.
Most plans do not yet cover regenerative stem cell therapy. We offer clear pricing and financing options.
