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Jeffrey Goldberg and his colleagues examined the instances of three girls who have been blinded after present process an unproven stem cell therapy for macular degeneration. Credit score: Norbert von der Groeben Three individuals with macular degeneration have been blinded after present process an unproven stem cell therapy that was touted as a medical trial in 2015 at a clinic in Florida. Inside every week following the therapy, the sufferers skilled quite a lot of issues, together with imaginative and prescient loss, indifferent retinas and hemorrhage. They're now blind. A paper documenting the instances can be revealed March 16 in  The New England Journal of Medication . The article is a "name to consciousness for sufferers, physicians and regulatory companies of the dangers of this sort of minimally regulated, patient-funded analysis," mentioned Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, PhD, professor and chair of ophthalmology on the Stanford College College of ...

Their findings, published online March 16 in the journal  Stem Cells , provide the most comprehensive picture yet of how electroacupuncture stimulates the brain to facilitate the release of stem cells and adds new insight relating to the cells' healing properties. Electroacupuncture is a form of acupuncture that uses a small electrical current to augment the ancient Chinese medical practice of inserting fine needles into the skin at pre-determined points throughout the body. For the study, a team of more than 40 scientists at institutions in the United States and South Korea was led by four senior authors including IU School of Medicine's Maria B. Grant, MD, Marilyn Glick Professor of Ophthalmology and co-corresponding author; Mervin C. Yoder, MD, IU Distinguished Professor, Richard and Pauline Klingler Professor of Pediatrics, associate dean for entrepreneurial research at IU School of Medicine, director of the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research and co-correspo...