6 arrested over unauthorized stem cell therapy using cord blood

Police on Sunday arrested a doctor and five others suspected of involvement in unauthorized stem cell therapies using blood from umbilical cords and placenta after childbirth.The doctor who heads a clinic in Tokyo and people involved in cord blood sales are suspected to have administered cord blood to seven patients to treat cancer and as a beauty treatment. Each treatment is said to have cost 3 million to 4 million yen ($27,400-$36,600).While hopes are high over the use of cord blood in the field of regenerative medicine to treat a number of diseases as it contains stem cells, the health m…READ FULL ARTICLE