The Wild West of Stem Cells

HealthNewsReview.org

English - August 01, 2017 12:33 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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This podcast was published on August 1, 2017 at HealthNewsReview.org.

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Stem cell clinics are booming. And hurting people.

How can patients protect themselves in a marketplace where the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state medical boards have been ineffectual?

In this podcast you'll hear from George Gibson (a patient left blind after a dubious stem cell intervention), Leigh Turner PhD (a bioethicist who's been following the stem cell marketplace closely), and Drs. Jeanne Loring and Paul Knoepfler - two PhD stem cell researchers from California.