At the request of the FDA, The US Department of Justice has launched legal action seeking to shut down stem cell clinics in California and Florida for allegedly peddling scientifically-unproven treatments which have left some patients blind.
The stem cell therapy practiced by the clinics in question involved the use of liposuction to procure stem cells from the patient’s own fat, before injecting those cells into the patient’s eyes as a treatment for macular degeneration.