This model could help provide some clarity for patients, scientists and clinicians regarding the treatments that patients are obtaining at clinics
offering unproven stem cell therapies.
«The adoption of this law may set a dangerous precedent for patients looking to be treated with other
unproven stem cell therapies in Europe and other countries,» remarked Hans Clevers, Professor of Molecular Genetics and President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
«It is disconcerting that the Italian Senate has passed amendments that permit the use of
unproven stem cell therapies without proper vigilance or proper experiment, reclassifying them as transplants,» commented Bianco.
While 2016 saw many articles
on unproven stem cell therapies, and the controversial use of MRT, there were many positive stories about potential stem cell - derived therapies that are successfully moving into the clinic for testing.
This week: Washington state protects citizens
from unproven stem cell therapies, Astellas continues to grow their cell therapy division and Fujifilm - Takeda collaboration will treat heart failure.
«I don't even know what's in the soup,» was the shocking quote from the founder of a chain of clinics highlighted in a recent Associated Press article about the increasing prevalence of clinics
offering unproven stem cell therapies.
An international group of leading stem cell researchers has issued a statement that specifies concerns about the development and use
of unproven stem cell therapies.
Some National Football League (NFL) players have been seeking out
unproven stem cell therapies to help accelerate recoveries from injuries, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
When the Italian government tried to ban
an unproven stem cell therapy for neurological disorders, the treatment's supporters — families of people receiving the therapy who thought it was working — protested in the street.
The concerns of the scientific community have been heightened by pending legislative action that may allow routine administration of
unproven stem cell therapies to patients in Italy.
ROME — The controversy surrounding
an unproven stem cell therapy in Italy may be drawing to a close.
Within the stem cell field,
unproven stem cell therapies, or «treatments» that lack rigorous scientific proof of their safety and effectiveness, have been a growing concern.
After reporting enforcement actions against clinics in California and Florida which had been offering
unproven stem cell therapies, they announced pending policy and regulatory efforts against these practices.
«Many of these patients have suffered great harm, and even death as a result of using
unproven stem cell therapies.