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

February 1, 2021 / By / 18 Comments
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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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2017 stem cell predictions: score card at 1/2-way point

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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In December of each year I make a list of stem cell predictions for the coming year, and I made 20 such predictions for 2017 so I’m wondering how I’m doing so far on these now that it’s June. Below is my work-in-progress scorecard for these so far. Positive news from Asterias on trial for stem cell-based …

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Burt Northwestern Stem Cell MS Trial Part 1: Big Promise & Tough Questions

February 1, 2021 / By / 45 Comments
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Dr. Richard Burt of Northwestern University has been doing cutting edge research on the use of stem cells for autoimmune disorders for more than a decade. The core idea behind the work that Burt and other research teams are doing is that stem cells may have revolutionary potential to somehow counteract the autoimmunity that causes …

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Narrowed Stemgenex suit proceeds as court implies stem cell clinic loopholes

February 1, 2021 / By / 13 Comments
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Can California stem cell clinics make questionable marketing claims about their experimental, non-FDA approved offerings as long as they are not demonstrably false? Do such clinics not bear any legal requirement to provide informed consent to patients? A new court ruling raises such striking questions. San Diego stem cell clinic Stemgenex sells non-FDA approved experimental stem …

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A nation of stem cell miracles? CNN puff piece on clinic patient & Trump blows it

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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Would you believe in a stem cell miracle? Sometimes the mainstream media stumbles in its coverage of the stem cell world and a recent CNN puff piece on a patient of stem cell clinic Celltex is a prime example of just how extreme this can get. The CNN piece focuses on a Celltex patient who self-reports perceived …

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Rick Perry resigns from stem cell clinic Celltex, where he earned $175K

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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Former Texas governor Rick Perry, now the Trump Department of energy (DoE) nominee, has a long association with the Texas stem cell clinic, Celltex. He was a patient of Celltex, which some years back infused Perry with non-FDA approved stem cells. The company received a warning letter from the FDA and since that time has …

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Rick Perry’s Paid Board Position at Controversial Stem Cell Clinic Celltex

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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If you rewind the stem cell clock several years, the big news in the stem cell clinic arena was dominated for quite some time by a single stem cell clinic called Celltex in Texas in part because their most famous customer was Governor (at that time) Rick Perry. You can read the many past posts I’ve …

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LA Times Shines Some Light on Stem Cell Clinics including StemGenex

February 1, 2021 / By / 20 Comments
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A large and growing number of American clinics are selling stem cells to patients for a variety of ills and one in the San Diego area called StemGenex was the main focus of a recent LA Times piece by columnist Michael Hiltzik. In the piece called “These new stem cell treatments are expensive — and …

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‘Are fat stem cell clinics selling unapproved drugs?’ reporters ask in talking about our new paper

February 1, 2021 / By / 18 Comments
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Our new paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell on the large stem cell clinic marketplace in the U.S. documented a wide range of different kinds of clinics, stem cells used, and conditions claimed to be treated, but here I want to focus on the fat stem cell clinics in this post. I’m going to try …

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