{"id":7600,"date":"2016-02-09T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T09:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2016-02-09T09:47:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T09:47:55","slug":"fda-investigates-stem-cell-clinics-selling-suspicious-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/fda-investigates-stem-cell-clinics-selling-suspicious-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Investigates Stem Cell Clinics Selling Suspicious Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FDA-sq_51\"<\/a>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a plan today to crack down on stem cell clinics claiming they offer treatments for a variety of diseases, but don\u2019t provide any scientific evidence that they work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Numerous firms over the years have \u201cavoided heavy regulation, in part because they use cells extracted from a patient\u2019s own body and because they don\u2019t do much to those cells before reinjecting them,\u201d\u00a0writes\u00a0STAT.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A warning letter issued by the agency at the\u00a0end of December<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to several stem cell clinics advised owners FDA licenses and regulatory approval would be required to use these treatments. The note labeled these stem cells as a biological product.<\/span><\/p>\n

Legislation like this would entail having corporate or independent entities offer supporting evidence that these drugs have a valid safety and efficacy profile.<\/span><\/p>\n

Controversy has brewed around these institutions in the past as researchers revealed theyfabricated data<\/span><\/a>\u00a0surrounding their studies or when patients died from\u00a0potentially illegal operations.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

There are potential opportunities for\u00a0refining stem cell treatments<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for difficult diseases like diabetes, but\u00a0STAT<\/em>\u00a0notes that experts believe a full-fledged stem cell treatment is still years away.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FDA scheduled a public hearing on stem cell clinic regulation\u00a0\u00a0in April.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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