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Suit against Dr. Alvaro Skupin & Dra Nancy Alvarez over blinding at clinic is settled

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Dra Nancy Alvarez, Alvaro Skupin

A patient who got scientifically unproven and non-FDA-approved stem cells from Dr. Alvaro Skupin, filed suited against him, his wife who is often known as Doctora Nancy or Dra Nancy Alvarez, and associated businesses. These firms include the stem cell clinic known as Mother Stem Cell Institute in Florida, where the injections apparently took place. […]

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Goldwater Institute weighs in against FDA on Cell Surgical Network lawsuit appeal

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Elliot Lander, Cell Surgical Network

An important appeals case is pending not just for the defendants Cell Surgical Network, et al., but also for the FDA. It could impact the stem cell field very broadly too. Cell Surgical Network lawsuit status Hopefully, we’ll get a decision before the end of this year. Cell Surgical Network is a large chain of

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Did US Stem Cell Clinic defy FDA injunction? New injured patient suit sparks questions

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Dr. Antonio E Blanco MD, US Stem Cell

It feels like I’ve been writing about the Florida clinic US Stem Cell for a very long time. The FDA has been aware of them for about as long. It was only after reports of patient injuries that the FDA at last took action on US Stem Cell and its subsidiary US Stem Cell Clinic. Several

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FDA appeals Cell Surgical Network lawsuit verdict

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Cell Surgical Network stem cell clinic chain

The FDA has finally filed an appeal of the Cell Surgical Network lawsuit verdict.  It took them a very long time for some reason. The stem cell clinic chain Cell Surgical Network and other defendants had prevailed in a federal district court here in California in front of Judge Jesus Bernal. Their adipose cell product, stromal

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Judge drops a bomb on FDA in Cell Surgical Network stem cell clinic case

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Cell Surgical Network stem cell clinic chain

In a ruling that could turn FDA stem cell clinic oversight on its head, Federal District Court Judge Jesus Bernal last night ruled in favor of the stem cell clinic chain Cell Surgical Network and other defendants. The FDA had been seeking permanent injunction against them. Here’s the court ruling. Drs. Mark Berman and Elliot

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Grading my 21 stem cell & regenerative medicine predictions for 2021

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The world of stem cell research and regenerative medicine is unpredictable but it’s fun to be a part of it and try to do predictions. Each year in late December or early January I make prognostications for the coming year for stem cell research and regenerative medicine. I made 21 such predictions for the current

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FDA alleges Cell Surgical Network links to US Stem Cell & COVID plan

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Sean Berman Cell Surgical Network, ACT

The FDA has sought injunctions in federal court against two stem cell clinic firms including the clinic chain Cell Surgical Network headquartered here in California and US Stem Cell in Florida. According to new documents filed by the government in federal court here in California there may be more ties between the clinic firms than

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US Stem Cell clinic loses appeal, could impact pending Cali case?

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The FDA filed two suits against unproven stem cell clinic firms in 2018 seeking permanent injunctions against them including US Stem Cell in Florida and Cell Surgical Network, et al. here in California. There’s been a major new development in this story that I see as good news. Court rejects US Stem Cell clinic appeal

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