What’s the scoop on stem cells for autism? Could stem cells make a real difference for autism patients and their families? CNN has a big, high-profile new article out today on the Duke stem cell trial for autism that has been ongoing for a while and I’m wondering how good a job CNN did on this one. Too often media over-hype stem cells and this includes for autism. I’ve covered the Duke trial before here and here, which is run by Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, a scholar in …Read More
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Can stem cells be used to treat autism? At this point the jury remains out on that question, but a growing number of kids are nonetheless getting such “treatments” at for-profit dubious clinics. Academic clinical researchers are interested in this area as well. Still, the potential use of stem cells to treat autism is a highly controversial area even in a clinical trial setting. Today it was announced in a piece on the website of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative that a dramatically larger …Read More