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An American university scientist was arrested on 27 December, accused of supplying stem cells for use in unapproved therapies.
The US Department of Justice says Vincent Dammai, a researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, supplied the stem cells without the approval of his university or of the US Food and Drug Administration. Two other men, Francisco Morales of Brownsville, Texas, and Alberto Ramon, of Del Rio, Texas, were also arrested this week as part of the case. A fourth man, Lawrence Stowe of Dallas, Texas, has been charged and a warrant is out for his arrest, according to an FBI press release.
Many academic scientists have spoken out against unproven stem cell therapies (see Stem-cell scientists grapple with clinic). However, a 2011 opinion paper by Zubin Master, of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and David Resnik, of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, contends that many private stem cell clinics rely on scientists in the field who unknowingly supply cell lines, growth media and...
The US Department of Justice says Vincent Dammai, a researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, supplied the stem cells without the approval of his university or of the US Food and Drug Administration. Two other men, Francisco Morales of Brownsville, Texas, and Alberto Ramon, of Del Rio, Texas, were also arrested this week as part of the case. A fourth man, Lawrence Stowe of Dallas, Texas, has been charged and a warrant is out for his arrest, according to an FBI press release.
Many academic scientists have spoken out against unproven stem cell therapies (see Stem-cell scientists grapple with clinic). However, a 2011 opinion paper by Zubin Master, of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and David Resnik, of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, contends that many private stem cell clinics rely on scientists in the field who unknowingly supply cell lines, growth media and...