Texas Medical Board gives early OK to adult stem cell rules

donmargolis, anonymous:

Typical comment from writer who is either ignorant or writes for a paper which is bribed by Pharma to mislead. "There is no substantial data to indicate that adult stem cells are beneficial for patients undergoing other than bone marrow transplants" is the "Big Lie" of the 21st century, where the Nazi Party of 80 years ago is replaced by Pharma and its thousands of fully-controlled corrupt doctors.

In order to protect Pharma's DAILY profits of a quarter BILLION dollars, they spend tens of millions to convince a kept-ignorant USA public of the above lie. They, (and you?) know that as of today there are 25,000 human patients walking around, their lives massively improved by stem cells given to them in clinical trials or commercially by the very few competent stem cell doctors in the world.

Of course, in Pharma-controlled medicine, 25,000 huge successes do not count, so all YOU may read about in your fully-controlled press is that TWO people have had their vision improved by embryonic stem cells, the hoax created by Pharma. 25,000 to 2. You should be proud of your talent! to deceive with a headline, since no one quoted in the article says anything like your headline.

Don Margolis, Chairman Repair Stem Cell Institute

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Riddlemethis, anonymous:

As for Texas - Ya'll might want to take a look at this. http://sctmonitor.blogspot.com/2012/0...

intheknowstemcells, anonymous:

Don Margolis - Speaking of misleading writer who are in it to make a buck and not fully benefit their patients, why don't you stop plagiarizing the work of others by altering their stories to suit your profit motive.

A case in point is a story you recently published in your online newsletter (Feb) and on your web site about Pro/Am dancer Janet Vaughan after she began dancing again after successful stem cell therapy in Panama.

You altered the title and removed all references to the clinic that performed the treatments and the country in which it was located in a deliberate strategy to mislead your readership. Why? So when they contact you about getting the same treatment, you can send them to a place from which you receive kickbacks instead of the place that actually performed the treatment in which the patient is interested.

Here is a link to the original story:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/stemcel...

And here is one to the Don Margolis sanitized version: http://www.repairstemcells.org/Resour...

Tell us Don, how does it benefit your readers to NOT know where this treatment was done and who did it? There are many more examples on Don's sight.

So Don calling any writer biased and/or profit motivated is just the pot calling the kettle black.

intheknowstemcells, anonymous:

Don Margolis - Speaking of misleading writer who are in it to make a buck and not fully benefit their patients, why don't you stop plagiarizing the work of others by altering their stories to suit your profit motive?

A case in point is a story you recently published in your online newsletter (Feb) and on your web site about Pro/Am dancer Janet Vaughan after she began dancing again after successful stem cell therapy in Panama.

You altered the title and removed all references to the clinic that performed the treatments and the country in which it was located in a deliberate strategy to mislead your readership. Why? So when they contact you about getting the same treatment, you can send them to a place from which you receive kickbacks instead of the place that actually performed the treatment in which the patient is interested.

Here is a link to the original story:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/stemcel...

And here is one to the Don Margolis sanitized version: http://www.repairstemcells.org/Resour...

Tell us Don, how does it benefit your readers to NOT know where this treatment was done and who did it? There are many more examples on Don's sight.

So Don calling any writer biased and/or profit motivated is just the pot calling the kettle black.

intheknowstemcells, anonymous:

Oops... Don's "site" not "sight"

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Riddlemethis, anonymous:

Here's an idea Shannon - Investigate what was removed as well. It's all true. Might save you from writing fluff pieces the rest of your career.

Riddlemethis, anonymous:

Given the fact that Bush was listening to the likes of Don Margolis, and David Prentice (the failed pathologist turned lobbyist for the American Catholic Bishops), it’s little wonder he was completely void of the facts when I had to talk to him about it.

Fortunately, our current President had no problem processing information and separating fact from fiction when I briefed him on the issue.

For Action to Advance Stem Cell Research please visit this link. http://www.stemcellactionnetwork.org/ For a concise PowerPoint explanation – Webcast of Labor-HHS Hearing on Stem Cell Research http://appropriations.senate.gov/webc...

Riddlemethis, anonymous:

And by the way, David Prentice (Margolis' buddy) answers to Tony Perkins of the FRC. The same Tony Perkins that handed over 82.5K to Grand Wizard David Duke of the KKK during his election campaign in Louisiana. Got google?

Riddlemethis, anonymous:

One other thing, To the other comments from "intheknowstemcells" -Don't tail gate here sir. You are now in Panama because you were kicked out of Costa Rica. You and Margolis are no different from each other - you are both just here fighting over the same piece of cheese.

intheknowstemcells, anonymous:

@Riddlemethis - Actually, I was just pointing out the fact that he does exactly what he accuses "writers in the pockets of the Big Pharma profit machine" of doing. I just happened to use a current post from his newsletter. If you bothered to look at my posts elsewhere on the net, you'd notice I've been "tailgating" 'Ol Don for a lot longer than you have. One other thing you might be interested to know is that 'Ol Don doesn't even have an "Institute". Read his newsletter. I subscribe to it and that is where I read the recent story about Panama by the way. At the bottom, you'll see this address:3010 LBJ Freeway Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75234, adnd if you google it, you'll see that it's nothing more than a virtual office in Dallas: http://www.davincivirtual.com/loc/us/.... So now that I got all that out of the way, let me make it simple so even you can understand my point. a) Margolis plagiarizes the work of others to send people to his clinics that pay him commissions b) He reprints articles written by others and alters them to suit his own commercial interests (the Panama story just happens to be the most recent one and like I said before, take a look at his web site and you will see MANY other examples, not just Panama) c) and this is the most important fact - if you read (a) and bother to check (b) you will see that nothing he publishes can be trusted because one cannot tell when he's altering the facts. THAT was my point from the beginning. Do you get it now?

intheknowstemcells, anonymous:

and personally, for anyone who is considering any kind of stem cell treatment abroad, I would recommend reading the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) patient site before making any decisions: http://www.closerlookatstemcells.org/...

mezzetin_subaquatic, anonymous:

cheese?

intheknowstemcells, anonymous:

Lastly, after looking at the "Stem Cell Action Coalition" web site recommended by 'riddleme', which seems to be from the embryonic stem cell lobby, it seems to me that "riddlemethis" is nothing but a "Left Wing Don". Seems that you two are the ones fighting over the 'same piece of cheese' not me. And it also appears like you've been cutting and pasting the same post to 'Ol Don for at least the past year: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewhe...

And just to be fair and complete, I suppose that I should mention that anyone seeking stem cell therapy abroad should also look at the International Cellular Medicine Society (ICMS) web site too: http://www.cellmedicinesociety.org/ They present an alternative view to the ISSCR.

knoepfler, anonymous:

Take it easy folks!

I think "intheknow" and "riddleme" are not on opposite sides really.

FYI, I also have a patient's guide to stem cells on my website that I think patients and scientists as well as others will find useful:

http://www.ipscell.com/patients-guide...

Intheknow, I have some questions for you--drop me a line. knoepfler@ucdavis.edu

Paul

Kimler1, anonymous:

Paul, thank you for the excellent post.  I encourage everyone to read it. 

As for responding to the story above. Great reminder from the moderator..  I encourage everyone to read the proposed rules in the Texas Register when they appear. Provide constructive feedback.  Until we see what this medical board has put together, we really cannot put much stock into any of these comments.