Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments

Re:Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments by kobeya on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:12AM (#13883597)

Yes, let's just let these ladies go blind and die infirm because the treatment hadn't passed stage 3 trials yet.

There is such a thing as medical experimentation under informed consent.

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Re:Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments by scott_s on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:05AM (#13885084)

I think you're thinking this is more likely to be an honest attempt at a medical treatment, with the goal of furthering scientific and medical knowledge. I think that is extraordinarily unlikely. I think it is more likely that this is a scam.

My reasons are that (as others have pointed out), one does not start medical trials on humans; I am unaware of any plausible reason for why this would help in the first place (stem cells are not magic); they apparently did not follow proper protocols for eye treatments (start with one eye instead of both); the women were clearly not informed of the risks; and finally, this was a paid treatment.

For more, see these two blog posts I pointed out in another comment: http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/alzheimers-and-... and http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/more-stem-cell-...

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Re:Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments by fuzzy2 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:23AM (#13883642)

I very much doubt they received an adequate explanation of the risks involved.

Not that any proper risk assessment existed in the first place.

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Re:Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments by tremon on Thursday March 16, 2017 @07:56AM (#13884263)

Yes, let's just let these ladies go blind and die infirm

That's very likely what these "doctors" were thinking.

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