BMJ  2006;333:770 (14 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770-a

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Dutch clinic is ordered to stop giving stem cell therapy

Tony Sheldon

Utrecht

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A Dutch healthcare watchdog has ordered a clinic in Rotterdam to stop giving patients a treatment in which patients are injected with stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood. The clinic claims that the injection of stem cells can "target cells in a manner specific to an individual's condition."


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 The clinic's director, Dr Robert Trossel, has six weeks to object to the inspectorate's decision

Credit: PAUL O'DRISCOLL

 

A four month investigation into the Preventive Medicine Clinic by the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate has concluded that the clinic is not providing "responsible care," as it is "unable to demonstrate the origin, suitability, and safety of its stem cells" (www.igz.nl).

The inspectorate believes that this "jeopardises the health and safety of patients," who could be at risk of being infected with HIV or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or might have acute allergic reactions or rejection reactions or develop malignant tumours.

Many British patients . . . [Full text of this article]


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