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Sacramento amniotic stem cell clinic advertises again, but by another name

March 19, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Remember Nervana Stem Cell Center, an amniotic stem cell clinic here in the Sacramento area, which I’ve posted about before here and here. One big question about Nervana remains unanswered: is its apparent marketing of amniotic stem cells for arthritis and other conditions is OK with the FDA? Another question has been, “who are the medical […]

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March 7, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 13 Comments

I blogged recently about how Sacramento has a new stem cell clinic using amniotic stem cells called Nervana Stem Cell Center. Its website currently offers no details on the people behind the company that I could find. I sent Nervana a message on their website to try to learn more based in part on a commenter on

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CNN blows it on Celltex, controversial stem cell clinic in Mexico

December 20, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

CNN stumbled badly on its recent article on Celltex, a Texas-owned stem cell clinic that has seen more than its share of controversy over the years including tangles with the FDA. As a result, the company has moved its clinical operations to Mexico where oversight is more lax. Their customers include American patients in Mexico

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Mini-bios on finalists for Stem Cell Person of the Year

November 8, 2015 / Heather Main

By Heather Main I was a little ashamed of myself that I didn’t know who half of the finalists were in Paul Knoepfler’s Stem Cell Person of the Year Award. I decided to look into it and find out what (or who) I have missed…..Interestingly, 3 of the 7 listed here are not scientists but

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Tex-Mex Stem Cell Clinic, Celltex, on PR roll with young & famous patients

November 6, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Remember good old Celltex? That’s the Texas stem cell clinic with the famous patient, former Texas Governor and two-time GOP Presidential hopeful, Rick Perry. It ran afoul of the FDA and headed for the border, setting up shop in Cancun, Mexico. They have since mostly flown under the radar with the exception of their concerning

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My new ‘neighbor’ in Sacramento: a fat stem cell clinic

July 10, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 68 Comments

For years I’ve been writing about fat stem cell clinics that sell non-FDA approved stem cell “treatments” to vulnerable patients right here in America. These clinics have been sprouting up like mushrooms across the US and their numbers may be above 200 today overall. As a result perhaps it was inevitable that one would arrive in

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10 ways non-compliant stem cell clinic docs jeopardize their careers

March 17, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Over the years I’ve often written about how unlicensed stem cell clinics and their physicians are putting patients at risk. In most if not all cases they are doing this simply for their own personal monetary gain. I do think that some of them truly believe they are helping patients, but still that doesn’t excuse

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New stem cell clinic ‘National Institutes for Regenerative Medicine’ has NIH-like name, cites UCSD affiliation

March 10, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Some American stem cell clinics that operate without FDA approval can give the appearance of being in the mainstream of academic stem cell research. Sometimes they go a step further to hint at or even say that they have some kind of federal approval as we saw in the past with the Stem.md website. Why

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Weekend Reads: Cool Papers, PubPeer, Jacob Hanna, & More

March 7, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

Here are some papers and news for weekend reads. What are you reading this weekend? What are your go-to stem cell journals? Hostile Takeover: Glioma Stem Cells Recruit TAMs to Support Tumor Progression by Yu Shi, Yi-fang Ping, Xia Zhang, Xiu-wu Bian in Cell Stem Cell. YAP1 Regulates OCT4 Activity and SOX2 Expression to Facilitate self-renewal and

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Emergency Suspension of Stem Cell Clinic Doc Kenneth Welker

January 12, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

The Oregon State Medical Board took emergency action to suspend the medical license of Dr. Kenneth Welker of Eugene, Oregon on Thursday. Update: Unfortunately, the Associate Press (AP) story on this topic (discussed more below) contains numerous important mistakes including thoroughly mixing up embryonic, adult, and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Keep that in mind. Also, sadly

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