U.S. stem cell clinics boomed while FDA paused crackdown

Photo caption: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS / Andrew Kelly / File Photo. Article by Matthew Perrone. PBS – September 30, 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures caught a big break from the U.S. government in 2017: They would have three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked before regulators started cracking down. But when the Food and Drug Administration’s grace […]

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