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Editors Is Farah Fawcett Fighting Cancer with Stem Cell Therapy in Germany? 4/10/2009 9:40:00 AM

Comment now Is Farah Fawcett Fighting Cancer with Stem Cell Therapy in Germany?

Farrah Fawcett was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and was originally treated at The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with chemotherapy and radiation.

Her spokesman, producer Craig Nevius, announced late Monday the cancer has spread to her liver.

Several unsubstantiated reports say Fawcett has been receiving stem cell treatments in Germany, possibly for more than year. Nevius denie...

Editors Sensationalized: AP Says Fetal Stem Cells Trigger Tumors in Boy 2/18/2009 8:10:00 AM

Comment now Sensationalized: AP Says Fetal Stem Cells Trigger Tumors in Boy

The Associated Press has sensationalized an old stem tourism case where Russian stem therapy from 2002-2004 went horribly wrong.

An Israeli boy with a fatal brain disease developed tumors after receiving stem cell injections created from multiple fetal stem cells (some were from a female).

Doctors say his brain disease wasn't conducive to stem cell therapy in the first place.

Editors Tourism: Costa Rica Clinic Hopes for Quadriplegic 2/10/2009 10:00:00 AM

Comment now Tourism: Costa Rica Clinic Hopes for Quadriplegic

Thousands of people travel to clinics around the world, from China to Mexico to Ukraine, in the hope of being cured for Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, nerve damage and more.

A quadriplegic from Arlington, Texas spent $20,000 on stem cell injections at the Institute for Cellular Medicine in San Jose, Costa Rica in an effort to walk again.

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