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Weekly reads: anti-aging tricks & treats, stealthy stem cells, Mammoth de-extinction milestone

Anti-aging might already be the big regenerative medicine story of 2024 and it's only early March. Anti-aging hype going to the dogs? One of my 20 stem cell and regenerative medicine predictions for 2024 was that longevity would continue to make big news including in some not-so-great ways. In just over two months there has been a mass of media …
Pura Munoz-Canoves

Utah set to legalize non-FDA approved placental cell drug therapies likely sparking conflict

Utah Rep. Katy Hall
Utah appears ready to pass a new stem cell law that would explicitly allow clinical use of non-FDA-approved placental cell drug therapies in the state. Bill 199 seems likely to set up a conflict with the FDA that may land in court. The key part of the bill says: "A health care provider whose scope of practice includes the use …