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Stem cell clinic US Stem Cell has key paper retracted

Stem cell clinic firm US Stem Cell has just had a major paper retracted. Two of the notable authors on that paper are US Stem Cell leader Kristin Comella and stem cell researcher Thomas Ichim, who was senior author. It's not clear to me if Comella currently has a role in the firm or not. Retraction Watch first posted about …
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Ukraine clinic seems to backpedal from CRISPR people idea

medeus clinic doctors. their recruitment emails had suggest a goal to crispr people for trait enhancement.
I wrote earlier this week about Medeus clinic in Ukraine seemingly trying to recruit genetics researchers to CRISPR people for trait enhancement. Aiming for CRISPR people with trait enhancement? In the recruitment emails they sent out it seemed fairly clear that they were planning to do CRISPR on people somehow via stem cells. They mentioned "gray hair, skin quality, and …

Ukraine clinic plans to sell CRISPR enhancements: hair color, skin, & breast size

It was a couple of years back that researcher He Jiankui claimed he made three "CRISPR babies." No one would think about doing any kind of rogue gene-editing again, right? Not even somatic gene edits. After all, as far as we know he's in jail. We still don't know the health risks that these three kids might face from damage …
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FDA to end 'grace period' on stem cell clinics: agency should 'go big' on continued offenders

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Stem cell clinics violating federal regulations have been a major problem for the FDA. Next month the FDA faces a historic moment on this problem. A grace period for clinics to become FDA compliant ends in May. Even so, it appears that hundreds of clinics will remain non-compliant after that. Some of the worst clinics are clearly violating federal law. …