Two of the eye patients sued the clinic and settled, but it has faced no other penalties. Stem Cell because it had listed a study on a government website, clinicaltrials.gov — provided by the National Institutes of Health. Doctors who examined the patients said they suspected that the stem cells had grown onto the retina and then contracted, pulling it off the eyeball. Stem Cell also makes money by training doctors to extract stem cells from fat. Stem Cell that extract stem cells from fat fall into a gray zone.

Source: New York Times March 15, 2017 21:00 UTC