fake stem cells

Snake oil history from century old elixirs to fake stem cells

stem cell snake oil new york times sm

I remember seeing a cowboy-type TV show when I was a little kid where a guy pulled into town not slinging guns but selling snake oil. He stood right up on his wagon and started pitching the wonders of what he was selling. He had some buyers pretty quick. Eventually, someone like a sheriff or …

Snake oil history from century old elixirs to fake stem cells Read More »

Lawmaker indicted for selling fake stem cells for COVID & more

patricia derges indictment for fake stem cells sm

A grand jury indicted Missouri state representative and assistant physician Patricia Derges for allegedly selling and injecting patients with fake stem cells. The injection was reportedly just of amniotic fluid, but Derges allegedly claimed it was a stem cell treatment. NBC News was one of several media outlets that broke the story here after the …

Lawmaker indicted for selling fake stem cells for COVID & more Read More »

Jury is still out on purported adult pluripotent stem cells despite new MUSE paper

MUSE-cells

Are MUSE cells for real? Stem cells come in different types that vary in a key property called “potency”, but very few are pluripotent. The more potency, the greater the flexibility of a stem cell to make other cell types. Flexibility in the cellular world is power. The most powerful stem cells generally used are …

Jury is still out on purported adult pluripotent stem cells despite new MUSE paper Read More »