Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Rachel Shparberg

Publications

• Review Article
  Laboratory Training Guidelines for Clinicians Undertaking Stem Cell Therapy
  Author(s): Rachel Shparberg, Natasha Braunsteiner and E. Russell Vickers Rachel Shparberg, Natasha Braunsteiner and E. Russell Vickers
  
  Stem cell-based regenerative therapies are an exciting and emerging field in medicine and dentistry. Since the 1960s, stem cell therapies have been successfully performed and approved in the form of bone marrow transplants and more recently, in skin and corneal grafting. However, the field of regenerative cell therapy has somewhat come to a halt due to safety, ethical and legal concerns associated with medical and scientific practices. In Australia, stem cell therapies, besides those mentioned above, are permitted provided that they are autologous in nature and that the procedure is performed by or under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner in a single treatment. However, the medical practitioner requires no formal stem cell training. We have identified this deficiency in optimal patient care and propose that education in the safe, legal and ethical delivery of stem ce.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7633.1000427

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