Dozens of fly-by-night businesses are marketing unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments to people experiencing long COVID, a new study warns.
Researchers have identified 38 businesses engaged in direct-to-consumer marketing of purported stem cell treatments and exosome therapies for treating COVID.
About 1 in 10 patients who've had COVID are currently suffering from long COVID, according to a KFF survey published earlier this year. This update found that many businesses have shifted from those claims and now are hawking their wares as a treatment for long COVID, Turner said.The researchers identified 60 clinics operated by the 38 businesses, with 24 based in the United States and 22 based in Mexico.“Many Americans are not necessarily going to go elsewhere, to clinics located outside the United States,” Turner said. “These are domestic operations, and they're going to attract people traveling within the United States.
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