We hear so much about exciting potential stem cell therapies, but what about stem cell treatment cost? Some of these “therapies” are rigorously evaluated ones in the FDA clinical trial pipeline and others are available right now mainly through predatory stem cell clinics. Earlier this year I posted about the cost of the offerings of […]
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The idea that we could bioengineer new human body parts to replace old, faulty ones is exciting, and such parts could include limbs, digits, or even entire organs. Such replacements might be produced using stem cells, 3-D printers, and other rapidly evolving, cutting edge technologies. Sci-fi is becoming a reality. Remember in Star Wars when
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How much do these stem cell treatments cost? Stem cell treatments of various kinds are now widely available in America at more than 100 stem cell clinics offering non-FDA approved interventions for dozens of conditions. American patients are often recruited on the Internet to travel around the US or to Mexico and other countries. How
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What’s the deal on iPS cell licensure ? I’ve been researching the issue of how intellectual property (IP) and patents to iPS cell will influence the field. It’s a complicated, worrisome picture in terms of getting this technology to patients to help them. I’m concerned there may be an all out patent war. Even for
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Each year I give out The Screamers Awards. As far as I know it’s the only science hype award in the world. The Screamers Awards recognize extreme examples of science hype, most often by the media. The major focus is on the biomedical sciences, but other areas of science are eligible too. Last year, the
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QC Kinetix is a relatively new regenerative clinic brand in the U.S. selling unproven cell therapies. I see several specific red flags including a class action lawsuit. They report having 150+ locations, making it potentially the largest chain of unproven clinics in the U.S. Collectively, these clinics could be seeing tens of thousands of customers.
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It’s been a long saga for the FDA and the unproven stem cell clinic group called Cell Surgical Network, headquartered in Beverly Hills. A court case involving the two has been unfolding for many years. It has big implications for agency authority and the hundreds of stem cell clinics across the U.S. The case took
As we look to 2025, what are the best regenerative medicine and stem cell journals? Is there a stem cell journal list out there? I seem to have the only comprehensive list. Who better than a stem cell biologist to put together this kind of list? Why is this important? Scientists need to know what
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The Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation recently announced that Cryo-Cell and its long-time partner, a Duke pediatric cell therapy team, have made a key change. They will begin offering infusions of unrelated, unproven cord blood to pediatric patients with cerebral palsy (CP). These are called donor infusions. Up until now, they had mainly focused
Cord blood banker Cryo-Cell and Duke have had a long-running agreement. The potentially multi-million dollar deal has focused on the development of possible umbilical cord blood therapies for pediatric patients. A major first goal has been to open an infusion clinic, which I have been very skeptical about for various reasons. For instance, one big
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