Smoking out Stem Cell Charlatans

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/25346/

<p>The International Society for Stem Cell Research plans to evaluate the claims of clinics offering experimental stem cell treatments of dubious value.</p> <p><br /> By Emily Singer</p> <p><br /> From spinal cord injury in China to heart disease in Thailand, desperate patients trolling the internet can find a number of clinics and companies offering purported stem cell therapies of dubious value and great expense. According to Irving Weissman, president of the non…</p>