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Arthritis Foundation Sell Out To Stem Cell Clinic Celltex?

January 20, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 34 Comments

The Texas stem cell clinic Celltex was one of the most controversial businesses in the world of stem cells in 2012 and 2013 (see here for background and as an update see this new post on how the Texas clinic has teamed up with a local university). The FDA essentially shut down the Celltex clinical …

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Stem cells for arthritis: are we there yet?

August 4, 2012 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Knee arthritis, stem cell therapy for knees

Can stem cells treat the different forms of arthritis that plague 100s of millions of people across the globe? A couple years back I did a post in my disease focus series on the potential of stem cells to be used as treatments for osteoarthritis (OA). OA affects almost 30 million people in the U.S. …

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