Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and it's time for a podcast. Today we're talking

all about regenerative biotechnology with Drew Taylor. Drew is the CEO and co-founder of Acorn

Bio Labs. And they do stem cell treatments. They're helping to teach us how to stop ourselves from aging.

Drew is an entrepreneur and regenerative pioneer and his passion for regenerative medicine started in seventh grade, seeing

someone get a knee replacement surgery done and he said he told the doctor some day, well,

people use their own cells to repair their own bodies. And with no further ado, here he is, Drew, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you so much for having me. Excited to be here. Yes. And tell me a little bit about what you're doing

right now. I know you're getting your PhD. What is it in? Yeah, so PhD was a while ago.

I did my undergrad and master's work down at the University of Michigan in molecular cell

developmental biology.

And then I did a PhD in biomedical engineering at University of Toronto and focused on stem

cell biology and regenerative medicine.

Wonderful.

And you used to play professional baseball and then had an injury at one point, right?

I did. I was actually going to head off to medical school after I finished my master's.

And at the same time, I got to offer a contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. So I had a very difficult

decision because they wouldn't let me do both. I couldn't go start my MD while playing, but they would let me do a PhD.

So there's a little bit more flexibility to that schedule.

So I ended up doing a PhD while I was playing professionally, played in the minor leagues with the Blue Jays for a number of years and then the Philadelphia Phillies.

But unfortunately, I had a torn

labor room at one point, and so I battled back as best I could. I needed some regenerative

medicine. It wasn't available then, but that kind of slowed down my career. And then I focused

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