Stem cell therapy rip offs

Only a couple of weeks ago, stem cell research hit the headlines when a 30-year-old Spanish woman became the first person to have a transplanted organ (trachea) that had been grown from her own stem cells. It is an example of the potential that stem cell technology has for the future of medicine: it offers not only the hope of rejection-free transplants, but also cures for genetic diseases too.

Stem-cell treatments are in the news again this week. However, it’s for the wrong reasons this time. (more…)