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

May 22, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

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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Helpful Zettler insights from Q&A on FDA suits against stem cell clinics

May 16, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

At the request of the FDA, the DOJ is suing for permanent injunctions against two stem cell clinic firms, U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. and California Stem Cell Treatment Center (and for the latter, its parent chain of around 100 clinics, Cell Surgical Network). What does this big development mean in practical terms and how might it …

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DOJ cites The Niche blog in suit vs. stem cell clinic firm: what’s scoop?

May 11, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 12 Comments

It was interesting to see that this blog The Niche was cited in the lawsuit filing by the DOJ in the U.S.A. vs. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Cell Surgical Network (CSN), et al. case. Yeah, that lawsuit. This suit is part of the DOJ action yesterday that along with the other suit against US Stem Cell …

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Responses From Both US Stem Cell & Cell Surgical Network to DOJ Action

May 9, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

I emailed the CSO of US Stem Cell, Kristin Comella, for any reaction to today’s big news of the DOJ filing suit against two stem cell clinic firms including hers seeking injunctions. I also emailed the leaders of the other firm, California Stem Cell Treatment Center/Cell Surgical Network. It’s important to include the clinic firms’ …

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In historic step, FDA & DOJ seek injunctions on 2 key unproven stem cell clinic firms

May 9, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 9 Comments

The DOJ and FDA are seeking permanent injunctions in federal court against two of the most widespread and influential of the for-profit, unproven stem cell clinic firms in the U.S. This story is breaking so I’ll have more later this week. The take home is that I see this action as a positive, probably historic turning point …

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New lawsuit includes big stem cell clinic chain, Cell Surgical Network

April 19, 2018 February 27, 2024 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 7 Comments

Does a new lawsuit including Cell Surgical Network and its leadership as defendants pose a broad test to this entire chain of stem cell clinics, which may be the largest such affiliated clinic group in the U.S. and potentially even in the world? Will lawsuits substantially impact stem cell clinics? Lawsuits against unproven, for-profit stem cell …

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Civil Lawsuits as a Public Health Strategy: Can Cases Brought by Injured Plaintiffs have a Broader Effect?

March 12, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

By Claire Horner In 2016, a law firm in California began looking for individuals who were “misled or harmed by stem cell treatment” in the southern California area (which was discussed on this blog here). While there had been other lawsuits filed by plaintiffs against individual clinics, this firm was looking to take a different …

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Florida bill aims to “crack down” on state’s for-profit stem cell clinics

January 14, 2018 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Florida is a hot mess on the for-profit stem cell clinic front. My own state of California isn’t much better and actually has a great number of clinics, but more problems are coming to light in Florida, at least at this point. Now WLRN reports that a legislator in Florida has proposed a new bill to try to …

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Lawsuit against stem cell clinic StemGenex expands to 5 patients

August 15, 2017 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 19 Comments

The stem cell clinic StemGenex was sued almost a year ago related to allegations about their marketing claims. This proposed class action suit, Moorer v. StemGenex, now includes five named patients involved as one can see from the new fourth amended complaint court document. The five total named patients involved in the suit include four new …

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Stem cell clinic-related biz threatens researcher with lawsuit, wants retraction

July 25, 2017 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 18 Comments

University of Minnesota bioethicist Leigh Turner has been threatened with a lawsuit by a stem cell clinic-related business. Lawsuit threats in this arena come up every so often and as much as they are unpleasant realities, they can also reveal some important aspects of the stem cell arena. Ars Technica reported yesterday that Leigh’s recent paper …

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