‘Stem-cell tourism’ needs tighter controls, say medical experts – Reuters
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‘Stem–cell tourism’ needs tighter controls, say medical experts
Reuters “Stem cell therapies hold a lot of promise, but we need rigorous clinical trials and regulatory processes to determine whether a proposed treatment is safe, effective and better than existing treatments,” said one of the 15, Sarah Chan of Britain’s … Rise of experimental stem cell treatments sparks calls for international regulationsThe Independent Experts call for action over stem cell tourismThe Scotsman The worrying rise of medical tourism: Experts warn that hundreds of clinics across the world are selling unsafe stem …Daily Mail |
The Independent |
‘Stem–cell tourism’ needs tighter controls, say medical experts
Reuters “Stem cell therapies hold a lot of promise, but we need rigorous clinical trials and regulatory processes to determine whether a proposed treatment is safe, effective and better than existing treatments,” said one of the 15, Sarah Chan of Britain’s … Rise of experimental stem cell treatments sparks calls for international regulationsThe Independent Experts call for action over stem cell tourismThe Scotsman The worrying rise of medical tourism: Experts warn that hundreds of clinics across the world are selling unsafe stem …Daily Mail |
The Independent |
‘Stem-cell tourism’ needs tighter controls, say medical experts …
Reuters Stem-cell tourism involving patients who travel to developing countries for treatment with unproven and potentially risky therapies should be more tightly … Rise of experimental stem cell treatments sparks calls for …The Independent Experts call for action over stem cell tourismThe Scotsman Experts Warn Against Medical Tourism For Unproven Stem Cell TreatmentsHuffington Post Australia Daily Mail –ABC Online –Xinhua all 9 news articles » |
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Personalized cancer vaccines vanquish melanoma in small but encouraging study
STAT And although it’s possible to engineer them to hook up to more than one matching molecule, or antigen, most CAR-Ts in development target only one. As a result, if tumor cells jettison that antigen, they might … In the pilot study, scientists led by … |
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CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Could Be Used to Diagnose Viruses
Seeker “I think the public perception of CRISPR is very focused on the idea of using gene editing clinically to cure disease. This is no doubt an exciting possibility, but this is only one small piece,” said Neville Sanjana, of the New York Genome Center and … |
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Scientists Have Discovered A Way To Make CRISPR Safer
Wall Street Pit CRISPR is currently being used to edit the genome of different organisms, and human clinical trials for various treatments are expected to begin. But something major is impeding the use of this very powerful gene-editing tool on humans, and that’s the … CRISPR goes wild, and scientists debate its fidelitySpectrum Atomic ‘photos’ help make gene editing saferEngadget Nicking in new nucleotidesEurekAlert (press release) |
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Barrier proteins in tumors are possible key to immunotherapy success
Science Daily During the patient’s treatment, tumor surveillance with CT scans and clinical examinations had shown that some tumors were shrinking in response to immunotherapy, while others continued to grow. The patient’s history and the unusual access the … |