Polls on futures of stem cell clinics sued by FDA

Take our poll: what will be the fates of the stem cell clinic firms sued by the FDA one year from now in October 2019?

To be clear, I am asking for your predictions, not what you hope will be the situation a year from now.

U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. (USRM) and California Stem Cell Treatment Center along with its parent stem cell clinic chain Cell Surgical Network were separately but in parallel sued in…

Stem cell treatment poll results: how repeat shots boost costs

One of the most common questions about stem cells is economic as patients ask about stem cell treatment cost. How much is the price tag? Empowered with information patients can start thinking like consumers and look out for their own interests more vigorously.

I’ve blogged and done polls before about how much patients self-report having paid per treatment, but another important factor needs to be…

Poll: How many stem cell treatments have you had?

The cost of stem cell treatments is a big deal for many reasons including the burden it puts on patients, who often then turn to friends, family and even the Internet to try to obtain the money needed to pay the for-profit clinic.

A reasonable question to ask is how the cost of a stem cell treatment compares to the costs of more standard of care options. Most often clinic stem cell offerings are…

Poll on refunding CIRM on eve of informational legislative hearing

Our California stem cell agency, CIRM, started as a baby even before I came to California in 2006 to start my lab here at UC Davis School of Medicine, but now CIRM or to use its full name the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is I’d say a full-grown, mature adult at about age 13 in humans years. Maybe CIRM years don’t go for the 7-year equivalent of dog years to human years, but…

Update on stem cell treatment cost for 2018 from ongoing poll

I get asked many questions about stem cell therapies, but one of the most common over the years has been about the stem cell treatment cost. For instance, a reporter might ask, “How much does a stem cell treatment for MS cost?” and a patient might ask me, “How much is a fair cost for a stem cell therapy for arthritis?” Or, patients will voluntarily tell me what they paid or mention it in the…

Stem cell treatment cost: you often don’t get what you pay for

How much does a stem cell treatment cost?

$5,000 is a nice round number that is probably close to the mark on average, but the price varies a great deal and depends on many factors.

Factors that influence perceived average price include what one actually sees as being under that umbrella term “stem cell treatment.” Does the transplant from a stem cell clinical trial count as a “treatment”? I’m…

Poll: How will Trump’s FDA handle stem cells?

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Poll indicates that STAP cells are stem cell story of 2014 so far

What’s the biggest stem cell story of the year so far?

I did a poll asking just that and the result so far overwhelmingly indicate that respondents believe the STAP cell scandal to be the top stem cell story of 2014 about half way through the year.

You can see the results from the 210+ respondents so far above.

In 2nd place is SCNT-based human therapeutic cloning followed by young blood…