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Rudy Giuliani now plugging unproven stem cells for COVID19: is Trump next?

March 27, 2020 Paul Knoepfler 8

Things are getting worse with the COVID19 pandemic and in parallel there is increasing hype including from clinics that somehow stem cells or similar products could help with the latest (and most worrisome) development being a bombshell tweet from Trump’s […]

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As clinics buzz about coronavirus, COVID19 patient given non-FDA-approved exosomes?

March 26, 2020 Paul Knoepfler 3

When the number of stem cell clinical studies and trials listed for COVID-19 first started spiraling upward it seemed likely that stem cell clinics and other firms in that arena would get interested. I thought that we’d see the unproven regenerative medicine […]

‘Captain Kirk’ regenerative clinic supplier Invitrx gets long FDA warning letter

March 22, 2020 Paul Knoepfler 4

Should we call it stem cell synchronicity for stem cell supplier firm Invitrx? What was it about March 16? Sometimes strange things happen in the stem cell world such as last week on March 16 I wrote that the FDA needs […]

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Patient Q&A#2: Are autoimmune or stem cell transplant patients at higher risk from COVID-19?

March 18, 2020 Paul Knoepfler 4

I’m continuing my stem cell patient Q&A series and today’s Q&A#2 post is focused on whether autoimmune patients generally or specifically those who have received chemo and hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) are at higher risk from COVID-19? Multiple patients […]

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Sean Morrison @SJMorrison_·

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There is no stem cell therapy for Covid19. We would not expect stem cells to have any therapeutic value for people with Covid19. @ISSCR

Rudy Giuliani now plugging unproven stem cells for COVID19: is Trump next? https://ipscell.com/2020/03/rudy-giuliani-now-plugging-unproven-stem-cells-for-covid19-is-trump-next/ via @pknoepfler

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Timothy Caulfield@CaulfieldTim·

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Truly loony & infuriation: "Rudy Giuliani now plugging unproven stem cells for COVID19: is Trump next?" https://ipscell.com/2020/03/rudy-giuliani-now-plugging-unproven-stem-cells-for-covid19-is-trump-next/ via @pknoepfler cc @isscr @LeighGTurner @StemCellNetwork #COVID19 #coronavirus

Incredible how nimble (and exploitive) the stem cell hype machine is!

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27 Mar

In this preliminary uncontrolled case series of 5 critically ill patients with #COVID19 and #ARDS, administration of convalescent plasma containing neutralizing antibody was followed by improvement in the patients’ clinical status https://ja.ma/2UIZ2ue #Coronavirus

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