Judge orders stem cell company to stop selling treatment

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Judge orders stem cell company to stop selling treatment

By William Wan June 25 at 7:12 PM

A federal judge issued an order Tuesday barring a Florida-based stem-cell company from performing an unapproved procedure that blinded at least four patients.

The 16-page injunction from Judge Ursula Ungaro prevents U.S. Stem Cell Clinic from selling a scientifically unproven procedure that uses patients’ fat to create a stem cell treatment. The order spells out hefty financial fines if the company attempts to do so.

The order comes three weeks after the judge ruled against the company and in favor of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has ramped up its efforts in the past year to rein in the booming and lucrative stem-cell industry.

It is unclear, however, whether the judge’s order — which is narrowly confined to the one company — will lead other stem-cell clinics to stop the practice. In recent years, the fat-based treatment has become widespread since it relies on a liposuction procedure already routinely performed by many cosmetic clinics that have added stem-cell treatments to their offerings.

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[KT2000]

1. how they have gotten away

with this is beyond me. I read about a woman who had bone growing in her eye from one of these treatments.

[gtar100]

2. So some people require a judge to tell them to stop selling a drug

that makes people go blind. How much is the going rate for a soul these days anyway?