Sarah,
I think these investigators attended the Close Cover Before Striking Medical
Research institute.
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Tom
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From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Sarah Moyer <smoyer@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 2:18 PM
To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optimal] Stem Cell Clinics
Today I learned about adverse reactions happening at stem-cell clinics from the
attached paper (summary below). I haven't seen any of these cases myself. Have
any of you seen other cases of this? I was oblivious to these clinics even
existing until today...
Sarah
Paper Summary: Adipose tissue-derived "stem cells" have been increasingly used
by "stem-cell clinics" in the United States and elsewhere to treat a variety of
disorders. We evaluated three patients in whom severe bilateral visual loss
developed after they received intravitreal injections of autologous adipose
tissue-derived "stem cells" at one such clinic in the United States. In these
three patients, the last documented visual acuity on the Snellen eye chart
before the injection ranged from 20/30 to 20/200. The patients' severe visual
loss after the injection was associated with ocular hypertension, hemorrhagic
retinopathy, vitreous hemorrhage, combined traction and rhegmatogenous retinal
detachment, or lens dislocation. After 1 year, the patients' visual acuity
ranged from 20/200 to no light perception.
