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Victory for science and patients: what the appeals court ES cell ruling means (UPDATE)

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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A Federal Appeals Court ruled 2-1 today to overturn Judge Lamberth’s injunction against federal funding of ES cell research. Great news! You can read the decision here (warning: big pdf). A key part of the ruling was the following: “the plaintiffs are unlikely to prevail because Dickey-Wicker is ambiguous and the NIH seems reasonably to …

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FDA warns Joseph Mercola on COVID-19 claims

April 14, 2021 / By / 5 Comments
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Those of you following the arena of unproven stem cells might recognize the name Dr. Joseph Mercola. He’s a promoter of alternative medicine. Over the years his name has also popped related to the marketing of unproven stem cell offerings in various ways. Now the FDA has warned Joseph Mercola on what it says are unapproved …

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How much does stem cell therapy cost in 2022?

August 27, 2022 / By / 16 Comments
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One of the most common questions that patients have asked me over the last decade is, “how much does stem cell therapy cost?” They actually seem most often to want to know more specifically how much the treatments should cost. To try to authoritatively answer this we need data from the present and past along …

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Bad Batch podcast’s dark picture of perinatal stem cell industry

March 2, 2022 / By / 4 Comments
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I finished listening to the first 6 episodes of the Bad Batch podcast last week. The series is by medical journalist Laura Beil. I think there will be a 7th episode that’s a Q&A. I highly recommend listening to the series even if parts are wrenching at times like how much patients and families have …

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Kristin Comella resigns from embattled clinic firm US Stem Cell

February 1, 2021 / By / 8 Comments
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US Stem Cell, Inc. reports in a new SEC filing that its key leader Kristin Comella has resigned as of September 1. I never thought I’d see the day when Kristin Comella and US Stem Cell, Inc. parted ways. To me Comella seemed like the driving force behind the company, which is now subject to …

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Can clinic biz US Stem reboot after losing suit? Its email to customers & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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The unproven stem cell clinic firm US Stem Cell Inc. is in a world of hurt. If a federal judge says you can no longer sell your key commercial offering, how do you survive as a company? US Stem probably has been thinking about that possibility for months. Still, it’s not yet clear where the …

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In dark augur for clinic industry, court allows class action suit by 100s against Stemgenex

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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In the latest blow to the unproven stem cell clinic industry, a California federal district court judge just granted class status to a lawsuit against the fat stem cell clinic Stemgenex. (update: Stemgenex has since filed for bankruptcy). What this means in practical terms is that the lawsuit alleging fraud in marketing by the clinic …

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Permanent injunction on clinic firm US Stem Cell is big blow to fat clinics

February 1, 2021 / By / 8 Comments
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Today the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida entered a permanent injunction against stem cell clinic firm US Stem Cell and co-defendants including U.S. Stem Cell Clinic. Patients have been harmed by the unproven treatments sold by these firms. US Stem had lost the case a couple weeks back, but now …

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Why NY AG suit against Manhattan stem cell clinic is such a big deal

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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The New York State Attorney General (AG) filed suit this week against a Manhattan stem cell clinic. It’s a landmark case. The defendants are Image Plastic Surgery, LLC, Park Avenue Stem Cell, and Joel B. Singer, M.D. The clinic markets adipose stem cell injections for a variety of health conditions. Park Avenue Stem had belonged …

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