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Liveyon leader John Kosolcharoen pleads to federal felony charges on stem cells

August 27, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

The stem cell clinic arena is a Wild West but perhaps few have been wilder than the perinatal stem cell clinic firm Liveyon run by John Kosolcharoen. Now John Kosolcharoen has pleaded guilty to felony charges related to Liveyon’s activities including distribution of an unapproved cell therapy drug. He will be sentenced next month. This […]

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Media like the AP promote unproven stem cell clinics such as R3 Stem Cell

August 21, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 8 Comments

Some of you might remember the stem cell clinic firm R3 Stem Cell. I have major concerns about some of what they are marketing including in the U.S. I was reminded of R3 Stem Cell again just now. The Associated Press (AP) ran a PR on R3 Stem like it was a news story. I

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Weekly stem cell reads: AI-human hybrids, eye drops, Cell Surgical Network case delay

August 18, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

Before we jump into our weekly stem cell and regenerative medicine reads, check out my new video on our stem cell YouTube channel below on robots with human brain tissue. In that video, I discuss the integration of computers and other technologies into the human body. When involving the brain, these technologies are often called

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Weekly reads: stem cell shampoo, Neobiosis FDA warning, trogocytosis

August 11, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

Even for a stem cell research wonk like me the broader regenerative arena never ceases to surprise me with the latest thing being stem cell shampoo. Stem cell shampoo A news item that seems promotional discussed the stem cell shampoo as yielding positive results. So after you are done with your vampire facelift, stem cell

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Why gene and stem cell doping at the Olympics is banned but likely happening

July 31, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

Stem cell doping, Stem cell doping Olympics

Could there be stem cell doping or gene doping at the ongoing Paris Olympics right now? I’ve wondered about such things happening throughout several past Olympics. In fact, I asked this kind of question 12 years ago. Authorities are taking such possibilities even more seriously. What would stem cell doping mean? How could cells or

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Lung Institute stem cell clinic loses class action suit, patients awarded $9M

July 2, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

Remember the Lung Institute? Many patients raised red flags about their experiences there. It was also once known as the Lung Health Institute. More generally, patients who have been harmed by stem cell clinics have had to rely on other ways beyond the FDA to try to do something about it. The FDA has been

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Silence from FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on stem cell clinics is a problem

June 26, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

FDA Commissioners including Robert Califf have radically different approaches to the job including oversight of marketing of unproven stem cells. As to stem cell clinics, some have been very engaged, while others seem the opposite. During his second go as FDA Commissioner, Robert Califf has been vocal about many topics. However, as best as I

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