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Nature Medicine 12, 4 (2006)
Published online: 29 December 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm0106-4b

Unchecked by guidelines, Indian stem cell scientists rush ahead

T V Padma1

  1. New Delhi


Researchers are injecting stem cells to treat diseases.


With all eyes on the stem cell controversy in South Korea, an Indian physician announced that she had used embryonic stem cells to treat 100 individuals, without ethical oversight from India's regulatory agencies.Geeta Shroff, director of the Delhi-based infertility clinic Nutech Mediworld, said at a press conference on 16 November that her team had injected stem cells to treat heart, nerve and immune disorders and injuries.

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