Stem cell tourism and spinal cord injury in South Africa.

Conclusion. This study highlights the need to curb the practice of offering unethical and non-evidence-based stem cell therapy for SCI. Ethical research and treatment is encouraged as well as an effective legal framework and education of health professionals, patients and their family members and caregivers, which will avoid unrealistic expectations, bogus therapies and the potential adverse effects of non-evidence-based 'stem cell therapies' offered by clinics via the internet. PMID: 31662144 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research