How Unproven Stem Cell Therapies Are Costing Desperate Patients – Texas Monthly

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Written By Laura Beil

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Texas Monthly, January 2020

So far, stem cell treatments have been demonstrated effective and approved to help tackle only certain blood disorders, including some cancers. All other uses remain unproven. Yet their experimental status has not impeded a boom in sales. According to one study, stem cell treatments now constitute a $2 billion global industry.

Laura Beil
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