More on FDA Blocking Lifesaving Stem Cell Therapy

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Betterhumans is carrying more on the recent hard-line move by the FDA to block a successful stem cell therapy from being carried out again. It is worth noting that it takes five to ten years and tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars for any procedure to pass through FDA testing; an enormous waste of time and effort on inefficient bureaucracy. This slow-down bodes ill for the rapid development and wide availability of real regenerative medicine in the US.

Link: http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-06-18-1