The Birth-Tissue Profiteers
It distributes amniotic stem cells to about thirty clinics nationwide, which have administered them to ten thousand patients, according to an R3 brochure. In an interview, Greene acknowledged that the benefits of amniotic stem cells that he touted at the Robson Ranch seminar are based on “a lot of success stories,” rather than on clinical trials. They don’t require patients to undergo liposuction or bone-marrow extraction; instead, manufacturers harvest the cells from tissues donated by women who have recently given birth, and the cells are then frozen and shipped to clinics.
Source: www.newyorker.com