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Weekly stem cell reads: diabetic wound healing, clinic bad outcomes, pubs list

August 2, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

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What’s new this week in terms of reads includes a stem cell/drug combo for diabetic wonderments healing, more documentation of patient harms from stem cell clinics, and a list of recommending papers. Adult stem cells/glaucoma drug combo promotes diabetic wound healing in mice From a team of my UC Davis School of Medicine colleagues led […]

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Upbeat Burt team pub on stem cells for MS comes with uneasy back story

January 20, 2019 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

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Stem cells for MS? How promising is that? A new paper gives stronger reason for hope, but unfortunately this story is more complex than it seems on first glance. New Paper The idea of using a stem cell-related approach to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) has been around for a long time holding major promise, but

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Stem cell clinic supplier Liveyon tries to regenerate itself after FDA recall

October 30, 2018 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 33 Comments

You probably remember Liveyon. It’s a marketer of an “umbilical cord stem cell” product that was recently recalled by the FDA. The recall was due to adverse events that may have included E. coli contamination somewhere before it was injected into patients, some of whom apparently got sick. Since it seemed like this recalled product was

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FDA recalls Liveyon stem cell product: blow to big clinic supplier?

October 9, 2018 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 33 Comments

The FDA has issued a recall of the main stem cell product of a California firm called Liveyon that is linked to unproven stem cell clinics. The recall seems to have been due to “adverse reactions.” An emerging big player in the birth-related stem cell clinic area? I’ve been hearing the name Liveyon pop up

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Law firm blasts stem cell clinics in new ‘3 shocking facts’ video

July 24, 2018 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 10 Comments

I’m becoming increasing convinced that patient suits against stem cell clinics are going to have strong impact, including based on the new steps taken by a particular law firm. For background, I’ve written extensively about these suits over the years and we’ve seen more recently that another academic group (Claire Horner, Evelyn Tenenbaum, Douglas Sipp, Zubin

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15 still unanswered interview questions for stem cells for vision SCOTS trial docs

May 29, 2018 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

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What is the SCOTS Trial and why are some of its participants raising concerns? There’s a lot going on in Florida with non-FDA approved stem cell offerings. Even just related to stem cells for vision problems alone. While US Stem Cell has drawn the most attention related to patient allegations of severe vision loss in Florida

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Some thoughts on taking risks in science & medicine

January 11, 2018 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Are you a risk-taker or do you do everything possible to avoid risks? Taking risks in science is necessary, but is there a wise way to take the risks you do? Science and medicine need a certain amount of risk and risk-takers to make transformative leaps forward. The risks in biomedical science can be conceptual

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Patient gets cancer growing on spine from dubious stem cells

June 22, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 17 Comments

A brief report in the NEJM today highlights the risks facing patients who get stem cell treatment from dubious clinics as one such patient recently developed a large spinal tumor. Dr. Aaron L. Berkowitz and colleagues describe how this patient who received a mixture of several stem cell types from an overseas clinic was later diagnosed

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Some patients unhappy with stem cell clinics

November 20, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 40 Comments

Over the years I’ve heard from quite a few patients of stem cell clinics who feel very strongly about their experiences. Some have quite positive views on getting stem cell interventions, while others feel very negatively about the stem cell clinics. I’ve heard more of the latter kind of experience. People often tell me that

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Woman grows nose tumor in spine after stem cell injection

July 8, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Clare Wilson over at the NewScientist has reported the case of a woman given an experimental stem cell treatment in Portugal for a spinal cord injury who later developed a strange tumor consisting of nose tissue. I highly recommend going over to that site and reading her excellent article. What’s the deal with this case? The woman was

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