Preying on Public Fears and Anxieties in a Pandemic: Businesses Selling Unproven and Unlicensed "Stem Cell Treatments" for COVID-19.

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Center for Bioethics, School of Public Health, and College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 410 Church Street SE, N520, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2020

In the midst of a global public health emergency, some businesses are taking advantage of widespread fears by marketing purported stem cell treatments for COVID-19. Such businesses target prospective clients with misleading claims, expose patients to potentially risky stem cell-based products, and undermine efforts to develop evidence-based treatments for COVID-19.

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