by rss feed | Mar 30, 2021 | fake stem cells, News Feeds, snake oil
I remember seeing a cowboy-type TV show when I was a little kid where a guy pulled into town not slinging guns but selling snake oil. He stood right up on his wagon and started pitching the wonders of what he was selling. He had some buyers pretty quick. Eventually,...
by rss feed | Feb 4, 2021 | amniotic stem cells, Blog, COVID-19, fake stem cells, News Feeds, Patricia Derges, politicians, religion, stem cell lawsuit, stem cell politics
A grand jury indicted Missouri state representative and assistant physician Patricia Derges for allegedly selling and injecting patients with fake stem cells. The injection was reportedly just of amniotic fluid, but Derges allegedly claimed it was a stem cell...
by rss feed | Dec 3, 2020 | Elisabeth Bik, fake stem cells, Mariusz Ratajczak, MUSE cells, News Feeds, PubPeer, religion, STAP cells, University of Louisville, very small embryonic-like stem cells, VSEL, VSELs
The stem cell field has puzzled on and off for years over a constellation of papers on purported stem cells including so-called VSEL and MUSE cells. Many of us haven’t been convinced that these are real stem cells. I see VSEL and MUSE fitting into a larger...
by rss feed | Dec 3, 2020 | Elisabeth Bik, fake stem cells, Mariusz Ratajczak, MUSE cells, News Feeds, PubPeer, religion, STAP cells, University of Louisville, very small embryonic-like stem cells, VSEL, VSELs
The stem cell field has puzzled on and off for years over a constellation of papers on purported stem cells including so-called VSEL and MUSE cells. Many of us haven’t been convinced that these are real stem cells. I see VSEL and MUSE fitting into a larger...
