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/ShutterstockAs 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...
