- What are stem cells?
- What do stem cells do?
- How do stem cells do their jobs (differentiate)?
- Are there limits to the cell types into which a stem cell can differentiate?
- What are the different stem cell types?
- What are the risks?
- How can we use stem cells?
- A couple of terms
Investigation on Stemedix
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Stem Cell 101
To understand how to protect yourself from misleading stem cell clinics, it is first necessary to understand what stem cells are and what they can (and can't) do.
Stemedix: A Closer Overview of the Clinic
The Side View of the Stemedix Building (courtesy of http://stemedix.com/about/) |
The clinic in question today is Stemedix™ Adult Stem Cell Therapy which is located at 970 Lake Carillon Drive, Suite 300in Saint Petesburg, Florida.
After looking through the Stemedix website and multiple social media sources, origins of the company are not completely certain. The website advertises to have “U.S. Board-Certified Physicians: Trained medical staff experienced in your diagnosis and treatment.” However, it does not mention any of the physician names/ information so the only way to really get to know any Stemedix physician is to directly contact the facility's Care Coordinator.
In Recent News: Dr. Balshi's Controversial Court Case
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Case Name: Stemgenix, Inc v. Balshi
California Southern District Court
Case No. 3:15-cv-00411
Filed 02/24/2015
Recently, I found that Dr. Thomas Balshi is currently being sued by a rival stem cell company StemGenex, Inc for trademark infringement and breach of contract. The prosecution accuses Balshi of supposedly violating a contract between him and StemGenex. The contract entailed that StemGenex would refer patients to Balshi, and he would perform the stem cell procedures, given a "predetermined price." This went into effect on August 30, 2012. StemGenex claims that Balshi violated their contract by diverting their referred patients to Stemedix.
Although we should not jump to any conclusions before a verdict is reached, if the allegations against Dr. Balshi ARE valid and Stemedix IS in fact more of a stem cell therapy consulting company, this would mean Balshi would be making double the profit (profit from Stemedix consulting and profit from providing separate stem cell therapies).
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