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dc.contributor.authorMcLean, A
dc.contributor.authorStewart, C
dc.contributor.authorKerridge, I
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-13
dc.date.available2015-02-13
dc.date.issued2015-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMcLean AK, Stewart C and Kerridge I: Untested, unproven, and unethical: the promotion and provision of autologous stem cell therapies in Australia. Stem Cell Res Ther 2015, 6:33, DOI: 10.​1186/​s13287-015-0047-8. Published online 9 Feb 2015.en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2123/12736
dc.description.abstractAn increasing number of private clinics in Australia are marketing and providing autologous stem cell therapies to patients. Although advocates point to the importance of medical innovation and the primacy of patient choice, these arguments are unconvincing. First, it is a stark truth that these clinics are flourishing while the efficacy and safety of autologous stem cell therapies, outside of established indications for hematopioetic stem cell transplantation, are yet to be shown. Second, few of these therapies are offered within clinical trials. Third, patients with chronic and debilitating illnesses, who are often the ones who take up these therapies, incur significant financial burdens in the expectation of benefiting from these treatments. Finally, the provision of these stem cell therapies does not follow the established pathways for legitimate medical advancement. We argue that greater regulatory oversight and professional action are necessary to protect vulnerable patients and that at this time the provision of unproven stem cell therapies outside of clinical trials is unethical.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipHaematology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital and the Northern Blood Research Centre, Kolling Instituteen_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherBMCen_AU
dc.relationFinancial support was provided by the Haematology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital and the Northern Blood Research Centre, Kolling Institute, Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia.en_AU
dc.titleUntested, unproven, and unethical: the promotion and provision of autologous stem cell therapies in Australiaen_AU
dc.typeArticleen_AU
dc.type.pubtypePublisher's versionen_AU


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