by rss feed | Nov 3, 2024 | News Feeds, Pygmy vertebrates, stem cell clinics, weekly reads
What do patients who go to stem cell clinics really think of their experiences? It can be hard to get good data on this important question. For that reason, it was great to see a new article on this topic. With perhaps around 2,000 unproven clinics in the U.S., these...
by rss feed | Oct 31, 2024 | News Feeds, RFK Jr on stem cells, stem cell clinics, Ubaka Ogbogu, weekly reads
It’s Halloween and one of the scariest things out there arguably i s a wild tweet from RFK Jr on stem cells and the FDA. Why worry what Kennedy thinks about such topics? Trump has indicated that Kennedy will have some major healthcare role in his second term...
by rss feed | Oct 23, 2024 | Cellular Performance Institute, Joe Rogan stem cells, News Feeds, stem cell clinics
Joe Rogan just keeps glowing about clinics offering unproven stem cells like most recently the Cellular Performance Institute in Tijuana. Often Joe talks about his own experiences getting stem cells, but other times he refers anecdotally to others who supposedly had...
by rss feed | Sep 10, 2024 | Alvaro Skupin, Dra Nancy Alvarez, FDA Warning Letter, Mother Stem Institute, News Feeds, stem cell clinics
The FDA just warned a Florida stem cell clinic firm called Mother Stem Institute run by Dr. Alvaro Skupin. Background: Mother Stem Institute past issues I’ve written about this clinic and Dr. Skupin in the last few years. Just about a year ago I blogged the news...
by rss feed | Aug 21, 2024 | News Feeds, R3 Stem Cell, stem cell ads, stem cell clinics
Some of you might remember the stem cell clinic firm R3 Stem Cell. I have major concerns about some of what they are marketing including in the U.S. I was reminded of R3 Stem Cell again just now. The Associated Press (AP) ran a PR on R3 Stem like it was a news story....
by rss feed | Jun 26, 2024 | FDA, FDA Commissioner, News Feeds, Robert Califf, stem cell clinics
FDA Commissioners including Robert Califf have radically different approaches to the job including oversight of marketing of unproven stem cells. As to stem cell clinics, some have been very engaged, while others seem the opposite. During his second go as FDA...
