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Khloé & Kim Kardashian stem cell adventures in Mexico, MUSE cells raise concerns

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In the past, when people have asked about Kim Kardashian stem cell treatments, they usually meant those vampire facelifts she did years ago. It’s hard to forget the blood-smeared face. However, that’s not really a stem cell treatment. It’s good that Kim later expressed regrets about vampire facelifts due to the pain involved. From a […]

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FDA secures major win as SCOTUS lets stem cell clinic ruling stand

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SCOTUS stem cells

After years of legal battles, the FDA has secured what appears to be a decisive federal court victory in its effort to regulate one type of stem cell clinic. This ruling has implications for other clinics too. The U.S. Supreme Court just declined to review a key case that the FDA had won on appeal

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ReCELLebrate, IV exosome booth today, & leader Dr. Jeffrey Gross

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ReCELLebrate, exosome marketing

What’s ReCELLebrate? Sometimes I end up on mailing lists from companies selling biologics for which I don’t see clear FDA approval. Not all biologics need drug-level approval from the agency, but many do. All exosomes appear to require FDA approval before use. ReCELLebrate is a regenerative firm that just sent me two marketing emails. The

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Woman dies after unproven regenerative medicine at clinic in Japan

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fda adipose cells

Both Japan’s regenerative medicine framework and the system of FDA-centric oversight here in the US have allowed large numbers of unproven stem cell clinics to flourish. While the US stem cell clinic problem has gotten major attention, many in the field may not realize that there may be hundreds of unproven clinics that offer biologics

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Japanese stem cell clinic oversight: the case of MSC clinic Seijikai Fukuoka

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The Japanese stem cell and regenerative medicine oversight system is different than here in the U.S. and in Europe. Japan has had a more permissive approach to overseeing regenerative medicine. While most of the attention has focused on fairly legitimate regenerative biotechs and other sponsors in Japan, there are unproven stem cell clinics there. These

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QC Kinetix review: concerns on huge regenerative clinic chain

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Tyler Vail, QC Kinetix

QC Kinetix is a relatively new regenerative clinic brand in the U.S. selling unproven cell therapies. I see several specific red flags including a proposed class action lawsuit. The company reports having 150+ locations, making it potentially the largest chain of unproven clinics in the U.S. Collectively, these clinics could be seeing tens of thousands

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Joe Rogan shows more love for unproven stem cells despite risks

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Cellular Performance Institute, CPI Tijuana

Joe Rogan just keeps glowing about clinics offering unproven stem cells like most recently the Cellular Performance Institute in Tijuana. Often Joe talks about his own experiences getting stem cells, but other times he refers anecdotally to others who supposedly had great experiences. While it’s not unusual for some celebrities to get stem cells at

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Silence from FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on stem cell clinics is a problem

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Robert Califf

FDA Commissioners including Robert Califf have radically different approaches to the job including oversight of marketing of unproven stem cells. As to stem cell clinics, some have been very engaged, while others seem the opposite. During his second go as FDA Commissioner, Robert Califf has been vocal about many topics. However, as best as I

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