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Harvard Sued by Anversa Over Stem Cell Paper Misconduct Investigation

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital cardiac stem cell researcher Piero Anversa along with collaborator Annarosa Leri (pictured) are suing both the hospital and Harvard Medical School as well as leaders at the institutions over a research misconduct investigation focused on Anversa and Leri. Boston Globe reporter Carolyn Johnson has been covering Anversa and for background on this new …

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Court in Regenerative Sciences Case: Propagated Stem Cells Are Drugs

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments

A long-standing debate in the commercial stem cell arena has focused on whether stem cells grown in a lab prior to clinical use as a transplantation product are biological drugs subject to full FDA vetting. The alternative view has been that such stem cell products are not drugs, but rather are simple human cellular and …

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What would federal prison be like for a non-compliant stem cell doc?

February 1, 2021 / By / 6 Comments

About a year ago, I heard from multiple credible sources that there were ongoing federal probes into potential criminal activities related to bogus or dangerously noncompliant stem cell medical interventions, which could lead to prison time. Since then it has been relatively quiet….that is until the last couple months when again I am hearing from …

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Refuting potential downsides to stem cell drug court ruling

February 1, 2021 / By / 9 Comments

There was a burst of feeling last night in the stem cell community as word began circulating that a federal court had ruled in favor of the FDA defining manipulated stem cell products as drugs. However, not everyone was pleased with the court ruling. The clinics most directly affected by the ruling were understandably upset, …

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Doctor indicted in Vegas for alleged fake stem cell scam

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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It was only a few weeks ago that I reported that the federal government would very soon be taking more legal action against purveyors of dubious, potentially illegal stem cell treatments that might even be called a stem cell scam. Here’s the first of what is likely to be many more actions. Many media outlets …

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Interpreting Judge’s Embryonic Stem Cell Ruling

February 1, 2021 / By / 8 Comments
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U.S. Federal Judge Royce Lamberth dismissed the lawsuit of two self-proclaimed “adult stem cell” researchers against the government to block federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. (update: you may find a 2020 take on this whole saga to be of interest). Lamberth was the one who originally seemed to buy into the arguments of …

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