New complication seen in stem cell therapy

Following stem cell therapy, an adult patient experienced a new and previously unrecognised complication, which required removal of one of the kidneys, according to a case report appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The report suggests that stem cell therapy may cause patients to develop blood vessel and bone marrow masses, the long term effects of which are unknown...

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