Kent Kwoh, director of the University of Arizona Arthritis Center
Babies need to be nurtured. If you just took a baby and left it alone and didn t do anything to the baby, would it just naturally grow into an adult?
Quote icon Babies need to be nurtured, he said. If you just took a baby and left it alone and didn t do anything to the baby, would it just naturally grow into an adult?
One stem cell might perform differently than another, depending on its origin and makeup and may not be suited for every situation. Researchers say some may be better at turning into cartilage while others are better for creating different tissues.
A mostly unregulated stem cell industry is thriving in Arizona Amanda Morris, Arizona Republic
Embryonic stem cells once seemed like a miracle cure: cells from the human body that could transform into any other cell a patient needed and treat almost any condition.
Ethical concerns and federal regulations tempered that promise of endless possibility, but the hype lingered and the market responded.
Today, someone seeking treatment for any one of dozens of conditions can drive to a strip mall, go to a chiropractor s office and fork over a few thousand dollars for what are sold as stem cell injections.
An Arizona Republic investigation found that such treatments are offered at hundreds of locations across the state, but few of those businesses offer the narrow range of treatments the Food and Drug Administration has approved for use of stem cells.