Interview with Arnold Caplan, Part 3: challenges & opportunities for clinical...
I recently had a phone interview with Dr. Arnold Caplan, the founder of the MSC field. You can read parts 1 and 2 of the interview here and here. Today’s post, part 3, is focused on clinical use of...
View ArticleStem cell tourism: from bad to worse from 2010-2011
At last year’s ISSCR 2010 Meeting in San Francisco, President Irv Weissman talked about the dangers of unvalidated stem cell treatments. He talked about the responsibility of stem cell scientists to...
View ArticleStem cell tourism disaster coming: my case for caution
Stem Cell Tourism is a blanket term now used to refer to patients receiving non-FDA approved stem cell treatments either by traveling here within the U.S. or more often outside the U.S. Clinics are...
View ArticleThe ultimate antidote to stem cell tourism in the U.S.
For a long time many of us in the stem cell field have been worried about dubious stem cell treatments, so-called ‘stem cell tourism’. How do we stop it or at least fight back to keep people safe and...
View ArticlePhilippines Investigating 3 Politician Deaths Allegedly From Stem Cells in...
The Philippines Medical Association (PMA) is reportedly (article from ABS-CBN News) investigating the recent deaths of 3 prominent politicians due to stem cell therapies via stem cell tourism in...
View ArticleJoanne Kurtzberg interview, Part 2: clinics & stem cell field future
I recently conducted an interview with Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg of Duke. You can see Part 1 of the interview here. Today in Part 2, I asked Dr. Kurtzberg some broader questions about the stem cell field....
View ArticleStem Cell Tourism and Patient Education
What is the role of public education and stem cell tourism? What type of education is available to patients, caregivers and the public? Can public education actually change people’s minds such that...
View ArticleMini-bios on finalists for Stem Cell Person of the Year
By Heather Main I was a little ashamed of myself that I didn’t know who half of the finalists were in Paul Knoepfler’s Stem Cell Person of the Year Award. I decided to look into it and find out what...
View ArticlePatient gets cancer growing on spine from dubious stem cell treatment
A brief report in the NEJM today highlights the risks facing patients who get stem cell treatment from dubious clinics as one such patient recently developed a large spinal tumor. Dr. Aaron L....
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