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Stem Cell Clinics Are An Emerging Business -- With Lots Of Questions But Little Regulation
The Associated Press reports on what it terms the "wild west" in the business of medicine. The AP also examines the roll of stem cells in sports medicine.
The number of stem-cell clinics across the United States has surged from a handful in 2010 to more than 170 today, according to figures compiled by The Associated Press. Many of the clinics are linked in large, for-profit chains. New businesses continue to open; doctors looking to get into the field need only take a weekend seminar offered by a training company. (Perrone, 5/17)
Blame it on a lack of study and still-evolving knowledge about what stem cells can and can鈥檛 do. Blame hype that typically accompanies every new method that attempts to quicken recovery from serious injury. Players and agents are paying attention. (Graves, 5/18)
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