Under pooptator obama, unregulated stem-cell clinics are proliferating across the United States

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

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For years, American "stem-cell tourists" have flocked to unregulated
clinics in Mexico, the Caribbean and China in search of everything from
heart treatments to facelifts. But now, these kinds of clinics are popping
up across the United States.

According to a new study, at least 351 companies with 570 clinics are
marketing unapproved treatments for conditions such as osteoarthritis,
Alzheimer's, autism and injured spinal cords, as well as for cosmetic
enhancements.

"In almost every state now, people can go locally to get stem-cell
'treatments,' " said Paul Knoepfler, a stem-cell scientist at the
University of California at Davis School of Medicine and one of the
authors of the study, published Thursday in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
"That's different from what we typically think about when we think of
stem-cell tourism."

Knoepfler and his co-author, Leigh Turner, associate professor at the
Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota, didn't accuse the
clinics of operating illegally but called on federal officials to step up
their oversight. "What worries us is the possibility of serious harm to
patients," Turner said.

Stem cells are a source of keen interest because they can be coaxed into
becoming almost any type of cell and thus might offer remedies for many
medical problems. But they also carry risk: They can form tumors and
migrate to parts of the body where they don't belong.

For the study, the researchers scoured the Internet for businesses engaged
in direct-to-consumer marketing of stem-cell procedures. Many of the
clinics were in California (113), Florida (104) and Texas (71). Certain
cities, including Beverly Hills, New York and San Antonio, were "hot
spots." Almost two-thirds of the businesses offered procedures involving
stem cells derived from a patient's own fat; almost half performed
treatments using bone marrow.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved only a few stem-cell
treatments. In the vast majority of cases, the procedures being conducted
in the clinics are not approved, are outside clinical trials and can cost
patients thousands of dollars.

The new analysis comes as the debate over regulating stem-cell clinics is
intensifying. While some critics say the FDA should crack down on the
industry, others say the clinics shouldn't face new restrictions because
what they are doing is part of the "practice of medicine."

Michael Werner, executive director of the Alliance for Regenerative
Medicine, which represents companies, patient advocates and researchers,
said his group thinks FDA oversight is critical. He said "the
proliferation of the so-called stem-cell clinics is potentially harmful
because the treatments may not undergo, or have not undergone, the
appropriate scientific rigor that takes place in evaluating new
technologies and new medical treatments."

But Marc Scheineson, a former top FDA official who advises the Bipartisan
Policy Center on medical innovation, said the current FDA regulatory
regime is "archaic" and is stifling medical innovation.

Some Republicans in Congress are pushing a bill that would allow the FDA
to approve stem-cell treatments for five years without advanced clinical
trials.

As the issue heats up, the FDA has scheduled two public meetings in
September to get public comment on draft guidance language on stem cells.

In a statement, the agency said, "In theory, stem cells may advance the
treatment of many other diseases or conditions; however, at this time, the
value of stem cells as a treatment for most conditions is largely unproven
and more information is needed about their potential benefits."

The agency added that it is "concerned that the hope patients have for
treatments not yet proven to be safe and effective may leave them
vulnerable to unscrupulous providers of stem cell treatments that are
illegal and potentially harmful."


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His Omnipotence Barack Hussein Obama, declared himself "Pooptator" of all
mentally ill homosexuals and crossdressers, while declaring where they
will defecate.

Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the seven
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.

Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.

Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.

Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.

Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.

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