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NEJM paper links 3 blinded patients to US Stem Cell clinic

March 15, 2017 September 14, 2023 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

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Do three blinded US Stem Cell clinic patients with major or complete vision loss constitute a significant adverse outcome? I would say so and a new paper details how this happened apparently at a particular publically-traded South Florida stem cell clinic business. You can see the damaged retinas of one such patient below in an image …

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2nd lawsuit alleging a U.S. stem cell clinic caused blindness

November 28, 2016 May 12, 2023 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

Concerns over stem cell clinics allegedly causing blindness or other vision problems have been increasing in 2016. If this is in fact happening, the extra sad part of this is that some clinics have claimed that they are doing the opposite: improving vision in patients. What are the concerns? Earlier this year a publicly-traded stem …

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