• The Deadly Business of an Unregulated Global Stem Cell Industry 

      Lysaght, T; Lipworth, W; Hendl, T; Kerridge, I; Munsie, M; Waldby, C; Stewart, C
      Published 2017-03-29
      In 2016, the Office of the State Coroner of New South Wales released its report into the death of an Australian woman, Sheila Drysdale, who had died from complications of an autologous stem cell procedure at a Sydney clinic. ...
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    • The direct-to-consumer market for stem cell-based interventions in Australia: Exploring the experiences of patients Special Report 

      Waldby, C; Hendl, T; Kerridge, I; Lipworth, W; Lysaght, T; Munsie, M; Stewart, C
      Published 2020-01-01
      The prevalence of businesses selling autologous stem cell-based interventions (ASCBI) to patients in Australia has raised serious concerns about how weaknesses in regulation have enabled the emergence of an industry that ...
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    • Finally, unproven stem cell clinic practices might be curtailed 

      Munsie, M; Stewart, C; Kerridge, I
      Published 2017-10-27
      In a welcomed move, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has this week announced reforms will be introduced in 2018 to address long held concerns about the provision of unproven stem cell treatments to increasing ...
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    • Regulating the Stem Cell Industry: Needs and Responsibilities 

      Lee, TL; Lysaght, T; Lipworth, W; Hendl, T; Kerridge, I; Munsie, M; Stewart, C
      Published 2017-07-01
      Emerging biotechnologies pose public health challenges1 because of both the known and unforeseen risks they carry, the uncertain medical benefits they offer, the speed at which they have disseminated and their unproven ...
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    • The Stem Cell “Sell” 

      Munsie, M; Kerridge, I; Stewart, C; Hendl, T; Lipworth, W; Lysaght, T; Waldby, C
      Published 2016-08-01
      In recent years, a growing number of clinics in Australia and overseas have begun to offer therapies that claim to restore health by using stem cells to replace or repair the patient's faulty or missing cells. For those ...
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    • Tempering hope with realism. Induced pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine 

      Fung, R; Kerridge, I; Skene, L; Munsie, M
      Published 2012-01-01
      • Since their discovery in 2007, human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have been widely championed as the future for regenerative medicine. • By differentiating iPS cells into specialised cells for transplantation, ...
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    • Unconventional Practice, “Innovative” Interventions and the National Law 

      Stewart, C; Kerridge, I; Waldby, C; Lipworth, W; Munsie, M; Lysaght, T; Rudge, C; Ghinea, N; Eckstein, L; Neilsen, J; Kaldor, J; Nicol, D
      Published 2020-01-01
      This column explores a recent health profession disciplinary case which throws light on the problems of unconventional interventions by medical practitioners under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 ...
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