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• Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Face Increased Skin Cancer Risks: Study

  August 5, 2024

  Tyler New

  The researchers warn that individuals receiving stem cell transplants from donor cells or their own, may be seven to ten times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

• Cord Blood Banking Curative Benefits Often Oversold to Parents: NYT Investigation

  July 16, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A New York Times investigative report warns parents that banking their child's cord blood is often an expensive, fruitless process whose benefits are oversold by cord blood banks even as the medical community moves further away from using the stored stem cells in favor of other approaches.

• FDA Warns Consumers About Potential False Advertising Of Regenerative Products Using Stem Cells and Exosomes

  July 23, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA is warning that unscrupulous companies are claiming to have stem cell and exosome treatments for a variety of ailments, including COVID-19; none of which have been approved by the agency as safe or effective.

• Unapproved Stem Cell and Exosome Products Led To Patient Injuries, FDA Warns

  December 11, 2019

  Russell Maas

  The FDA warns that some clinics are selling stem cell treatments which have not been approved by the FDA and have resulted in patient injuries.

• Infections From Unapproved, Contaminated Stem Cell Treatments Lead To FDA Warning

  December 21, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  An FDA warning letter accuses some drug manufacturers of distributing unapproved stem cell products which caused at least 12 cases of infection due to bacterial contamination.

• One Stem Cell Clinic Shut Down, Another Gets Warning Letter In FDA Crackdown

  August 29, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  One stem cell clinic was raided and another received a warning letter from the FDA, which claims they may have been putting patients at risk through the use of unapproved treatments and unsafe and unsanitary practices.