IT has been a bad couple of weeks for stem cells. Police in Hungary have arrested four people they suspect of running an illegal centre in Budapest for treatments using stem cells. The police said that the treatments were unproven, used stem cells taken from embryos or aborted fetuses, and cost as much as $25,000 per person.
In the UK, researchers at Newcastle University who claimed last month to have made sperm from stem cells have agreed to reporting the breakthrough, admitting that the first couple of paragraphs had been plagiarised. However, the university said that 鈥渘o questions have been raised about the science conducted or the conclusions of the research鈥�.
Over in the US, meanwhile, new questions raised by 快猫短视频 are being considered at the Stem Cell Institute of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (see 鈥淔urther doubts over stem cell images鈥�).
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Mainstream stem cell researchers alarmed by the reports from Hungary have praised the police.
鈥淚f the people that have been arrested have done something illegal, their arrest is good news,鈥� says Robin Lovell-Badge of the National Institute for Medical Research in London. 鈥淚 hope it scares others from offering untested treatments and will be a cautionary tale to the public.鈥�
鈥淚f the people that have been arrested have done something illegal, their arrest is good news鈥�
