Skip to content

A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in developmental biology – Stem cells: II. Desperate patients and people who want to take advantage of their situation

In my last post, I provided several links to general introductions of stem cells. In this post, I will share several documentaries that show how bad people are taking advantage of desperate patients who have heard stem cells therapy may give them a last hope.

II. Desperate patients and people who take advantage of their situation

1. BBC Panorama – Stem Cells & Miracles (2009)

(2015-02-22) Youtube.com has taken this BBC video off from their site.

2. CBS 60 Minutes – Stem Cell Snake Oil (2010)

 

This is part 1 of the show; here are the links to part 2, part 3 and part 4.

3. CBS 60 Minutes – Stem cell fraud (2012)

Youtube link

CBS link

This was written by Yuk Fai Leung. Posted on Monday, March 26, 2012, at 12:07 AM. Filed under Fai's sharing, medicine and medical research, science and society, stem cell & regeneration. Tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.