EMA’s Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) is advising patients and the general public against using unregulated cell-based therapies which may not be safe or effective. The CAT’s advice is in response to individuals, companies and hospitals promoting unproven cell-based therapies as cures for a broad range of conditions including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, autism,cerebral palsy, muscular
In response to the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency, clinical trial research assessing the efficacy and safety of clinical candidate interventions to treat COVID-19 are emerging at an unprecedented rate. As of April 21, 2020, well over 500 clinical trials have been registered at the various international and national clinical trial registry sites. Most
Posts which promote “fake or ineffective treatments” for COVID-19 and deny “expert guidance” on the coronavirus are to be removed. Source Sky News Tweets that put people at risk of contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus as it rapidly spreads across the globe are to be removed by Twitter to help the public get accurate information and
ISSCR has become aware of recent claims that stem cells can be used to treat people infected with COVID-19. While stem cell research shows promise for numerous diseases and conditions, there currently are no approved stem cell-based approaches for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection. The ISSCR is a vocal and active opponent of the premature
A new phone game from the University of Cambridge puts players in the lab coat of a young stem cell research scientist as they navigate the tough route from undergraduate to the top tiers of modern science. The scientist inside your phone is having a stressful day. Trying to finish a research paper while keeping
As concern over the deadly coronavirus grows, fake news and scams capitalising on people’s fears are also spreading. On February the 8th confirmed data on Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE dashboard early 34,600 people have been infected and more than 700 have died in China, with the majority of the cases in Hubei province. Outside
Cell therapies hold significant promise for the treatment of injured or diseased musculoskeletal tissues. However, despite advances in research, there is growing concern about the increasing number of clinical centres around the world that are making unwarranted claims or are performing risky biological procedures. On The Bone and Joint Journal has just been published a
Twitter made the announcement on Tuesday in a blog post. The initial draft was announced in November. It said it collected user feedback ahead of finalising the new policy, using the hashtag #TwitterPolicyFeedback. Microblogging platform Twitter will start labelling, and in some cases, removing doctored or manipulated media that users share on its platform, from
There are many reasons at individual, group and societal levels. The spread of health-related misinformation and fake science news is not a trivial matter. When it comes to health, lives can be at stake. Indeed, in a previous article, were discussed three ways that pseudoscientific therapies could potentially be harmful. But health-related misinformation and fake news related to a
The ISSCR is updating its Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation to respond to recent scientific advances that include the use of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) to create models of early human embryo development (see Stem Cell Reports 14:1-6). As the science continues to advance, it raises important scientific, clinical, ethical, and societal issues for researchers,
