Stem Cells: Selling Scientific Promise - by Alan Zarembo - 2005

Stem Cells in the Bank -- for What, It's Not Yet Known

June 19, 2005

SELLING SCIENTIFIC PROMISE

Stem Cells in the Bank -- for What, It's Not Yet Known

The courier arrived just after midnight with a bag of blood collected from a fresh umbilical cord.

A desperate injection of stem cells and hope

February 20, 2005

SELLING SCIENTIFIC PROMISE

A desperate injection of stem cells and hope

Alone at his computer, drool sliding down his chin, Tom Hill searched the Internet for anything that could save him.

Outside the U.S., businesses run with unproved stem cell therapies

February 20, 2005

Outside the U.S., businesses run with unproved stem cell therapies

At the junction of desperation and the fantasies of science is a business opportunity.

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