Plastic surgeons, other doctors and naturopaths at more than 100 clinics around the country are charging thousands of dollars for a controversial procedure called stem cell therapy to treat a range of disorders, including neurological diseases like MS and Parkinson’s. The procedure has angered many neurologists and prominent researchers who say these doctors are preying on vulnerable people and capitalizing on the huge but still unrealized potential of stem cell research, which they say is years away from producing an approved treatment for neurological diseases. George Daley, professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
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