Germany shuts down stem cell clinic
BERLIN (UPI) -- German authorities say they've closed down acontroversial clinic offering unproven stem cell treatments for avariety of physical conditions.
The XCell clinic had been treating disorders including cerebral palsy,Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury, ScienceMag.org reportedTuesday.
The clinic had been operating under a loophole in European regulationsthat allowed some treatments already in use when new regulationsregarding stem cell procedures took effect to continue for 18 monthswithout formal approval.
The grace period ended in January and German health authorities shutdown the clinic in late April. The clinic charged more than 3,000patients as much as $37,000 each for its treatments.
Authorities are considering criminal charges against the clinicresulting from two cases in which treatments went wrong.
An 18-month-old boy died in October after stem cells were injectedinto his brain. A few months before, a 10-year-old boy almost diedfollowing a similar procedure and is now severely disabled,authorities said.
XCell had clinic branches in Dusseldorf and Cologne.
Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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