Friday, March 31, 2017

Vision Loss after Intravitreal Injection of Autologous “Stem Cells” for AMD

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Vision Loss after Intravitreal Injection of Autologous “Stem Cells” for AMD
Authors: Ajay E. Kuriyan, M.D., Thomas A. Albini, M.D., Justin H. Townsend, M.D., Marianeli Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Hemang K. Pandya, M.D., Robert E. Leonard, II, M.D., M. Brandon Parrott, M.D., Ph.D., Philip J. Rosenfeld, M.D., Ph.D., Harry W. Flynn, Jr., M.D., and Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
N Engl J Med 2017; 376:1047-1053March 16, 2017
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1609583​
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609583?query=featured_home&​

In simple terms:
3 cases of blindness raise alarm about private stem cell clinics
By Erin Allday​, San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 2017​
http://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/3-cases-of-blindness-raise-questions-about-stem-11004630.php​
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609583?query=featured_home&%E2%80%8B

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