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Stem Cell Tourism | California’s Stem Cell Agency

August 4th, 2016 9:41 am

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International stem cell clinics advertise curesfor a price. Understand the concerns over stem cell tourism and what CIRM is doing to bring real cures to patients who need them.

International (and even domestic) clinics have begun advertising unproven therapies at great cost to the patient and at great profit to the clinicthis is whats referred to as stem cell tourism. But a closer look will often reveal no information about what type of stem cells are being offered. These sites also rely heavily on video testimonials from people soon after the stem cell injections, but little information about how those people fared long-term.

At the 2010, meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research in San Francisco, CIRM co-hosted a panel in which the worlds top experts discussed the steps leading to a stem cell therapy, and concerns about stem cell tourism.

At that panel, the ISSCR previewed their new web site designed to help patients and their families assess international clinics advertising stem cell cures.

CIRM is also one of 13 organizations who issued a joint advisory on stem cell tourism, which addresses questions about how to identify regulated stem cell clinical trials. You can read that advisory here.

Find out More: A Dose of Reality on Alternative Stem Cell Treatments (video) ISSCR: A closer look at stem cell treatments The Power of Stem Cells

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