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When the fat stem cells hit the fire, will clinics sued by FDA opt to stop soon?

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Will the adipose stem cell clinic firms facing permanent injunction suits by the FDA — U.S. Stem Cell Inc. (USRM) and California Stem Cell Treatment Center (CSCTC)/Cell Surgical Network (CSN) — cool it in the sense of voluntarily shutting down their commercial fat stem cell injections of customers soon pending the outcomes of the suits? […]

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Cell Surgical Network, largest group of US clinics, using lab-expanded stem cells in patients?

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Is the largest affiliated group of stem cell clinics in America, Cell Surgical Network, now using laboratory-proliferated stem cells in patients? Do they already have some kind of final FDA approval for this clinical approach given that lab-grown stem cells are generally viewed as drugs requiring premarket approval? Over the years I’ve reached out to

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Wanted both dead & alive: amniotic stem cell clinics sell zombie cells?

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Some amniotic stem cell clinics seem to be trying to have their cake and eat it too. Generally the amniotic stem cell clinics market their products as “stem cells” and the implication is that living stem cells are used to effectively treat many medical conditions. I have not seen it mentioned that what some of

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FDA warning points to tougher regulation of fat stem cells & clinics

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Last week I blogged about how the FDA had issued a warning letter to a series of three co-owned fat stem cell clinics across the US. What does this FDA action mean on the broader stem cell clinic arena, particularly to those selling fat stem cells? The FDA is still in the process of getting public comment

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Upcoming new Florida stem cell law risks far more consumer harm in that state

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Florida stem cell law, Mari Mitrani

A risky new Florida stem cell law is likely to come into effect in a matter of weeks as the state senate and house both unanimously passed versions of their respective stem cell bills. I imagine that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will sign it. It will be effective July 1, opening the door to unproven

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Google’s Gemini AI schools Google Search on its risky stem cell results

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Readers of The Niche will probably recall that I’ve been critical of Google Search on stem cells. The search engine giant does unintended promotion of unproven stem cells and the clinics that sell them, like a Ukrainian clinic whose website Google still seems to view as the world’s expert on stem cells for autism, which,

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Weekly stem cell reads: tomato stem cells, FDA blacklist, CALEC, odd RFK Jr. summit

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Some of you may know that gardening is one of my hobbies and I see it as akin to science, even like growing stem cell cultures. Tomatoes are my favorite thing to grow. About ten years ago I started sprouting my own tomato plants from seed. It’s surprisingly easy with grow lights. This way you

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Florida stem cell bill is part of state trend to sidestep FDA

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A new Florida stem cell bill directly challenges the FDA and its CBER branch. If passed, which seems relatively likely, the Florida bill would become of state trend.  A Utah stem cell law and a broader Nevada biologics law legally okay non-FDA approved biologics. These and other pending state efforts pose major risks to FDA

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New Makary FDA aide Dr. Tracy Hoeg has offered unproven stem cells

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New FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has brought on Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg (or Høeg) as a special assistant. Hoeg has had some controversial views on COVID. She has seemed skeptical of certain elements of vaccination, masking, and school closing. What struck me is that she also has offered unproven cell therapies at a clinic here

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“Very scary”: Per Marks, RFK Jr. aiming for weaker regs on unproven stem cells

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How bad could things get with RFK Jr. changing the FDA’s approach to unproven stem cells? I’ve been asking myself this for months since Kennedy’s post that mentioned stem cells on X. New developments suggest things will get much worse. Up until about a week or two ago, my feeling has been that things could

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