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FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Clinics But Patients Are Still at Risk – TIME

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2017-08-29 NEWS

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FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Clinics But Patients Are Still at Risk
TIME
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the agency is targeting clinics that offer unproven stem cell therapies, calling such offices “unscrupulous clinics” selling “so-called cures.” The FDA seized materials from one
FDA cracks down on clinics selling unapproved stem cell therapiesCBS News
Finally, FDA Is Cracking Down on Highly Dangerous ‘Treatments’ From Stem Cell ClinicsScienceAlert
FDA moves to curb dangerous stem cell clinicsPhilly.com
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FDA cracks down on clinics selling unapproved stem cell therapies
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on stemcell clinics marketing and selling unapproved and potentially harmful therapies for cancer and other diseases. The agency took action against two large clinics in Florida and
FDA moves to curb dangerous stem cell clinicsPhilly.com
FDA cracks down on clinics selling unproven stem cell ‘therapies’Los Angeles Times
FDA raids stem cell lab, warns anotherThe Boston Globe
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Ipswich resident Talia Duff’s fight for life continues, family hopes to raise funds for research
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The gene therapy that could save Talia’s life could also have a wide-reaching effect on how rare disease are treated throughout the world. Potentially, others who suffer from a one-gene mutation defect could benefit by replicating the same sort of

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We’re Failing Our Test Run for the Age of CRISPR
The Nation.
In MIT Technology Review, we learned that, for the first time in the United States, researchers had used the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to modify a human embryo. Several days later, CBS News released a report that through nearly universal …