Unproven stem cell therapies, and now, strong words from the FDA
There has been general concern around the reports of untested stem cell treatments being sold before they have been proven safe and effective...
Senior Law Lecturer, Western Sydney University
Dr Patrick Foong has taught law for many years in different countries and has spent the last fifteen years in the Australasian region. Currently, he is the academic programme advisor, and senior lecturer, at the School of Law at Western Sydney University, Australia.
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There has been general concern around the reports of untested stem cell treatments being sold before they have been proven safe and effective...
This unprecedented challenging time has seen the emergence of unproven stem cell-based therapies for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2...
Dr He Jiankui, who claimed that the world's first babies had been born with edited genomes, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined for performing 'illegal medical practices'...
It's just over a year since Dr He Jiankui's controversial announcement that he had created the world's first genome-edited babies...
Under the new Japanese guidelines, a Japanese scientist, Dr Hiromitsu Nakauchi, is the first to receive government approval to produce animal embryos that have human cells and transplant them into surrogate animals...
In Australia, debates on whether prospective parents should be permitted to make their own decisions on gender selection for non-medical purposes have been ramping up...
Stem cell research holds tremendous promise for the treatment of a wide variety of illnesses and conditions, from spinal cord injury to autism. However, much more work is necessary to translate stem cell research into safe and effective therapies...
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