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Right-To-Try Law

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Right To Try law has a big loophole that’s an opening for bad actors

October 7, 2019 Paul Knoepfler 14

There appears to be a big, risky loophole in the relatively new national Right To Try law. Some folks apparently anticipated this problem long ago, but I think most of us weren’t aware of it. Update: More specifically, some law […]

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Will Right-To-Try Morph into Right-To-Profit for Stem Cell Clinics?

August 29, 2017 Paul Knoepfler 1

On one level a reasonable argument can be made for letting terminally ill patients have a right to try experimental as yet unproven therapies, but in the real world Right-To-Try laws have many downsides. On the whole, they are likely […]

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Push for National Right-To-Try Law Raises Concerns in Stem Cell Community

July 13, 2017 Paul Knoepfler 7

Right-To-Try laws have been passed in many states across America, paving the way in theory for gravely ill patients to have the right to try unproven treatments of various kinds, and now there is a serious push underway for a […]

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Top 20 Stem Cell Predictions for 2015

December 28, 2014 Paul Knoepfler 3

Every year I do a list of top predictions for the coming year for the stem cell and regenerative medicine field. For example, you can see past top 10 predictions lists for 2013 and 2014. What’s in store for 2015 […]

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Neuralstem flirting with stem cell noncompliance in Colorado via Right To Try Law?

June 11, 2014 Paul Knoepfler 8

Colorado is an independent-minded state. For example, it is one of only a few states including Washington State with legalized marijuana use. More recently, Colorado passed a new law supported by the ultra-conservative Goldwater Institute, the so-called Right To Try Law. […]

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FDA spike: clinic supplier Liveyon warning letter & 483s; notice on exosome harms https://ipscell.com/2019/12/fda-spike-clinic-supplier-liveyon-warning-letter-notice-on-exosome-harms/

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Phage may have nuclei-like structures to shield their genomes. Very cool. "A bacteriophage nucleus-like compartment shields DNA from #CRISPR nucleases" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1786-y What do you think @GaetanBurgio ?

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ICYMI: Unproven regenerative clinic firm the Lung Health Institute comes under a magnifying glass including some pretty stunning admissions by their own marketers & surprise on a professor who is in the firm's corner https://ipscell.com/2019/12/id-need-a-drink-wapo-deep-dive-on-clinic-firm-lung-health-institute/ #stemcells

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