This podcast was published on August 1, 2017 at HealthNewsReview.org.To read the blog and background resources associated with this podcast visit:https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2017/08/podcast-33-wild-west-stem-cells/~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Stem cell clinics are booming. And hurting people.How can patients protect themselves in a marketplace where the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state medical boards have been ineffectual?In this podcast you'll hear from George Gibson (a patient left blind after a dubious stem cell intervention), Leigh Turner PhD (a bioethicist who's been following the stem cell marketplace closely), and Drs. Jeanne Loring and Paul Knoepfler - two PhD stem cell researchers from California.