Michael Hiltzik: Judge throws the book at a clinic offering unproven stem cell 'treatments'
In what may be the harshest enforcement order yet against a clinic pitching unproven and potentially harmful stem cell "treatments," a federal judge has ordered a Florida-based stem cell firm to cease offering the treatments or face thousands of dollars in fines.
Judge Ursula Ungaro of Miami also ordered the firm, Florida-based U.S. Stem Cell, to submit to twice-annual inspections of its facilities by an independent expert for the next two years and annual inspections after that, at its own expense. The firm will have
