Health

Thu Sep 22

The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm

Written by Claire Tanner, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Melbourne

Patients report not being effectively anaesthetised during liposuction procedures to extract stem cells from fat.hin255/Shutterstock

As ABC’s 7.30 revealed last night, Australia has a flourishing stem cell treatment market. During these procedures, cells are taken from a patient and re-administered to them.

These “therapies” are...

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