Category: Stem Cells
Stem cell treatments: Miracle cures or dangerous experiments?
Hype has led some to pay thousands of dollars for stem cell treatments that promise to cure ailments but that often don’t help and may harm patients.
Stem cell clinics pushing unproven treatments largely unregulated
There are more than 700 clinics in the U.S. selling unproven stem cell cellular therapies, generating $2 billion in global business that is largely unregulated.
Elite Hospitals Plunge Into Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
KING5 TV and Swedish Hospital criticized for promoting treatment that critics say is an “expensive placebo.”
Stem cell treatments for arthritic knees: unproven, expensive and potentially dangerous
Patients have paid thousands of dollars stem cell treatments only to discover hey were duped.
UW researchers use stem cells to restore heart function in monkeys with heart-failure
From the University of Washington School of Medicine Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle have successfully used human stem cells to restore heart function in monkeys with heart failure. The findings suggest that the technique will be effective in patients…