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Researchers Highlight Warning Signs On Adult Stem Cell Treatments - Forbes
"One of the virtues of adult stem cell research, so the story goes, is that it does not suffer either the ethical concerns or scientific problems involved in embryonic stem cell research.
Adult stem cell experiments don’t require the destruction of human embryos–they can be derived from the patient’s own store of stem cells. Further, because they can be harvested from the patients themselves, there is no fear of any adverse immune response as there is with embryonic stem cells.
More and more clinics around the country are offering stem cell transplants using adult stem cells to treat an ever growing list of ailments.
But as Paul Knoepfler notes, recent research suggests adult stem cells should be viewed with more caution.
Three papers from the last year deal specifically with unexpected and adverse results of adult stem cell transplants......
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