EP 1389
1389A. I Injected Stem Cells Into My Penis (Here’s What Happened)
In this episode of The Human Upgrade, Host Dave Asprey travels to RMI Clinic in Costa Rica to undergo the most advanced brain optimization and regenerative medicine protocol available anywhere in the world, sitting down with co-founder Dr. Victor Urzola, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon trained at the University of Milan and University Henri Poincare in France, to break down exactly what happens when you treat your brain like upgradeable hardware. They cover how RMI’s neurocognitive protocol uses functional MRI, neuronavigation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and focused ultrasound to target hypofunctioning brain regions with millimeter precision before delivering mesenchymal stem cells directly across the blood brain barrier, why neuroinflammation silently degrades cognitive function the same way joint inflammation destroys athletic performance, how plasmapheresis removes pro-inflammatory mediators and toxins from the entire vascular system and why Dave does it at least once a year, what shockwave therapy combined with direct stem cell injection accomplishes for both men and women that pharmacological treatment alone cannot, and why cell viability and placement matter far more than raw cell count when it comes to getting a real therapeutic result.
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Your brain is hardware, and if the hardware is broken, no supplement stack, nootropic, or biohacking protocol in the world will get you to full capacity. This episode goes inside the most advanced stem cell and brain optimization clinic on the planet, where Host Dave Asprey undergoes a cutting-edge neurocognitive protocol that combines focused ultrasound, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and mesenchymal stem cells to target specific regions of the brain with millimeter precision.
-Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR
-Learn more about all the treatments at RMI by visiting: https://daveasprey.com/rmi/
Dr. Victor Urzola is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with training from the University of Milan, microsurgery credentials from University Henri Poincare in France, and fellowship experience in facial aesthetic surgery and body contouring on both sides of the Atlantic. He is the former president of the Costa Rican Society of Plastic Surgery and holds membership in the Italian, European, and American societies of plastic and aesthetic surgery. As co-founder of RMI Clinic in Costa Rica, Dr. Urzola has spent years pushing the frontier of regenerative medicine, applying the rigor of academic surgical training to stem cell therapy, neurocognitive protocols, and longevity treatments that most clinics in the world are not yet attempting.
Dave and Dr. Urzola break down how neuroinflammation silently degrades cognitive function the same way joint inflammation destroys athletic performance, and why treating the brain like a biological system you can upgrade changes everything. They cover the full RMI longevity protocol Dave completed in Costa Rica, including the neurocognitive brain upgrade, plasmapheresis for full-body anti-aging, orthopedic stem cell joint repair, and yes, the enhanced protocol Dave has become known for discussing without apology.
This is next-level biohacking and regenerative medicine for anyone serious about brain optimization, longevity, and upgrading every system in the body before problems become permanent.
You’ll Learn:
- How RMI uses functional MRI, neuronavigation, and focused ultrasound to target hypofunctioning brain regions with millimeter accuracy
- Why neuroplasticity and cognitive recovery in dementia patients improved after just 15 days of treatment
- How plasmapheresis removes pro-inflammatory mediators and toxins from your entire vascular system and why Dave does it annually
- What shockwave therapy combined with stem cell injection accomplishes for both men and women in ways pharmacological treatment cannot
- Why cell viability and placement matter more than raw cell count, and how RMI measures both 10 minutes before every injection
- How orthopedic stem cell protocols achieve 82.5 percent improvement in joint function across 8,000 treated joints
- Why Dave calls RMI the best hardware upgrade available and 40 Years of Zen the best software upgrade, and how the two work together
- What the difference feels like between going from standard resolution to 4K inside your own brain
Keywords: Victor Urzola, RMI Clinic Costa Rica, stem cell therapy, brain optimization, neurocognitive protocol, focused ultrasound, transcranial magnetic stimulation, neuroinflammation, plasmapheresis, orthopedic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, blood brain barrier, regenerative medicine, anti-aging, longevity, biohacking, Dave Asprey, erectile dysfunction treatment, stem cell facelift, human performance
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"We can tell you to make your thumb move, we target the area, and then your thumb starts to move."
Victor Urzola
00:00 – Trailer
Dave and Dr. Urzola preview the core premise of the episode: your brain is hardware, and if the hardware is failing, no supplement or biohacking protocol can compensate.
01:10 – Welcome & RMI Overview
Dr. Urzola joins the conversation and gives an overview of RMI’s founding philosophy, their commitment to safety, efficacy, and replicability, and how the clinic has evolved over five years of treating thousands of patients.
03:02 – Cognitive Protocol Explained
Dr. Urzola breaks down the full neurocognitive protocol, including functional MRI mapping, neuronavigation markers, transcranial magnetic stimulation, focused ultrasound, and how RMI combines mesenchymal stem cells with newer pluripotent immune cells to target neuroinflammation at the source.
05:39 – Dave’s Brain Treatment Experience
Dave describes his firsthand experience undergoing the protocol, including the sensation of the focused ultrasound working inside his skull and the striking visual of watching his own brain on screen in real time with millimeter-level precision.
13:08 – RMI Results & Patient Outcomes
Dr. Urzola shares validated clinical outcomes including dementia patients regaining the ability to dress themselves after 15 days of treatment, and explains why RMI uses three separate validated scales to confirm cognitive improvement across every patient.
15:32 – Plasmapheresis (Blood Cleanse)
Dr. Urzola explains plasmapheresis using a fish tank analogy, describing how the procedure removes pro-inflammatory mediators and toxins from the entire vascular system and why Dave has incorporated it as an annual longevity protocol.
17:10 – Orthopedic Stem Cell Treatments
Dave and Dr. Urzola cover RMI’s 360-degree approach to joint repair, including ultrasound screening, direct stem cell injection across muscles, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage, and the 82.5 percent improvement rate across more than 8,000 treated joints.
23:49 – Enhanced Protocol (Sexual Health – Men)
Dr. Urzola explains how combining shockwave therapy with ultrasound-guided mesenchymal stem cell injection into the cavernous bodies achieved functional erections in 52 percent of men who were completely unresponsive to Cialis and Viagra.
25:29 – Sexual Health – Women
The conversation turns to RMI’s protocol for perimenopausal women, combining laser-induced microtraumatism with direct stem cell injection to restore lubrication, blood vessel growth, and tissue quality in ways that conventional treatment does not address.
27:40 – Facial Stem Cell Treatment
Dr. Urzola describes the stem cell facelift protocol, using radiofrequency needling to induce controlled trauma in the dermis before injecting stem cells that epigenetically reprogram resident skin cells to behave younger and regenerate more effectively.
30:05 – Closing & Resources
Dave wraps the episode by directing listeners to daveaspreyBPR.com/RMI for more information on RMI’s protocols and special packages, and reminds the audience that today’s cutting-edge biohacking eventually becomes tomorrow’s widely available medicine.
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