12 people in hospitals after stem cell treatment
Infections put 12 people in hospitals after they received unapproved stem cell products
Twelve people in three states developed infections and were hospitalized after they got infusions or injections of stem cell products derived from umbilical cord blood that were contaminated with bacteria, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The patients in Arizona, Florida and Texas received stem cell products processed by Genetech Inc. and distributed by Liveyon LLC, the report says, adding that the products are not FDA-approved or lawfully marketed.
The FDA sent a warning letter to San Diego-based Genetech in November about ReGen5, ReGen10 and ReGen30 for allogeneic use. The agency issued a statement about it Thursday and said it was sending letters to 20 other providers of stem cell treatments, reminding them of the agency's rules about regenerative medicine.
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Infections can happen with any IV but in the US that treatment is illegal so I'd question anyone giving it.
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uzoma iwuagwu
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RAW The only stem cell treatment I trust is stem cells derived from my own body. Mesenchymal stem cells harvested from bone marrow during joint replacement surgery, concentrated, tested and the concentrate injected into another joint at the end of the same operation minimizes the chances of any foreign biological material contamination or rejection.
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Unapproved stem cells therapy probably don't work. They're not supervised by the FDA, so you don't know if those people know what they're doing. I've read somewhere on the net that one of those clinics have given dead stem cells in their treatment.
Clinical trails are a different story. They may work. Those are real medical researchers who know what they're doing. And there's a chance it might work.
