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Rick Perry plugs Celltex MSCs on Fox for COVID-19 prevention

July 2, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 10 Comments

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Why is former Texas Governor/Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry plugging unproven stem cells from a clinic firm called Celltex for COVID-19 prevention on Fox News? Perry follows in Giuliani’s footsteps? And more generally, what is it with conservative politicians promoting unproven therapies for COVID-19 and in particular stem cells for the novel coronavirus disease? First, […]

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Why did Texas A&M ink big deal with stem cell clinic firm Celltex on exosomes?

February 8, 2018 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

The recent news that Texas A&M University has inked a full-blown deal with the direct-to-consumer stem cell clinic firm Celltex struck me as an unusual development. Recently we’ve seen more universities exploring the use of stem cells outside of the traditional FDA clinical trial process that is fundamentally based on an investigational new drug application (IND). Some

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Rick Perry resigns from stem cell clinic Celltex, where he earned $175K

January 22, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Former Texas governor Rick Perry, now the Trump Department of energy (DoE) nominee, has a long association with the Texas stem cell clinic, Celltex. He was a patient of Celltex, which some years back infused Perry with non-FDA approved stem cells. The company received a warning letter from the FDA and since that time has

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Rick Perry’s Paid Board Position at Controversial Stem Cell Clinic Celltex

October 14, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

If you rewind the stem cell clock several years, the big news in the stem cell clinic arena was dominated for quite some time by a single stem cell clinic called Celltex in Texas in part because their most famous customer was Governor (at that time) Rick Perry. You can read the many past posts I’ve

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CNN blows it on Celltex, controversial stem cell clinic in Mexico

December 20, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

CNN stumbled badly on its recent article on Celltex, a Texas-owned stem cell clinic that has seen more than its share of controversy over the years including tangles with the FDA. As a result, the company has moved its clinical operations to Mexico where oversight is more lax. Their customers include American patients in Mexico

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Tex-Mex Stem Cell Clinic, Celltex, on PR roll with young & famous patients

November 6, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Remember good old Celltex? That’s the Texas stem cell clinic with the famous patient, former Texas Governor and two-time GOP Presidential hopeful, Rick Perry. It ran afoul of the FDA and headed for the border, setting up shop in Cancun, Mexico. They have since mostly flown under the radar with the exception of their concerning

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Arthritis Foundation Sell Out To Stem Cell Clinic Celltex?

January 20, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 34 Comments

The Texas stem cell clinic Celltex was one of the most controversial businesses in the world of stem cells in 2012 and 2013 (see here for background and as an update see this new post on how the Texas clinic has teamed up with a local university). The FDA essentially shut down the Celltex clinical

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Saga of Texas Stem Cell Clinic Celltex Continues

December 17, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 17 Comments

Remember the Texas stem cell clinic Celltex, most famous for treating Texas Governor Rick Perry? Celltex had a busy few years, but has been relatively under the radar for most of 2013. Does that mean it’s gone? Hardly. Their saga became more serious when the FDA sent it a warning letter that was predicted by this

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Celltex FDA FOIA Letter #3 Raises Key New Questions

July 26, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

This is the fourth post in a series I’m doing on an FOIA release of letters between Texas stem cell clinic Celltex and the FDA. The first three posts, which include helpful background and discussion of other FOIA material from Celltex, can be found here, here, and here. Today’s post is focused on a newly

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Celltex FDA FOIA letter #2: no safety concerns with our stem cells, which really are not drugs

July 15, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

A FOIA request that I made with the FDA in mid-December 2012 has at long last revealed letters from Celltex to the FDA that previously were not in the public domain. The reason for the FOIA and for these blog posts is to shed some light on important issues that particularly relate to patient safety. I

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