Illegal stem-cell clinic raided in Budapest

Posted by m1k3y on August 5th, 2009 in crime, medical

From New Scientist:

Stem cell tourism – patients paying for treatment at illegal “guerrilla” clinics – continues to be a lucrative racket. Police in Hungary last week arrested four individuals they suspect of running an illegal stem cell treatment clinic in Budapest.

Reuters reported the police saying that the treatments were unproven, based on stem cells taken from embryos or aborted fetuses, and cost as much as $25,000 per person.

Gabor Bucsek, leading the police investigation, was quoted as saying that the arrests were “on suspicion of a banned use of the human body”.

More details here.

via BoingBoing

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