Watch out for illegitimate stem cell therapies being sold over the Internet. Canadian researchers recently looked at about 20 websites found through a simple Google search that claimed to sell stem cell therapies.

Though researchers are continuing to make leaps in new applications for stem cells, the expensive stem cell therapies marketed over the Internet for everything from strokes to allergies are scams.

There are two distinct kinds of stem cells. The first, embryonic stem cells, are the most controversial and are strictly regulated in the United States. The second, adult progenitor stem cells, are taken from the patient themselves. It is unclear from the websites what kind of stem cells they were attempting to market, whether or not they were actually real, or where they had come from.

Though there has yet to be any report of someone being injured by one of these scams, patients should steer clear. For your own safety, do not attempt to undertake serious therapy of any kind without consulting your doctor.

If you have been injured by a defective product, call the Texas trial attorneys at the law office of Cappolino, Dodd & Krebs today.

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