Dr. Joy Kong describes an FDA recall of Livion's stem-cell therapy after it was contaminated with E. coli, hospitalizing multiple patients. She warns that high prices don't guarantee safety and criticizes the regenerative-medicine industry for prioritizing profit over proper manufacturing and testing.
Just because it's a high price tag doesn't mean that it's better either. There was a company called Livion that was, you know, had recall from the FDA because of contamination. A lot of people got hospitalized from contamination of E. coli from improper handling and testing. There are some characters in the field that pay more attention to the profit rather than really proper procedure and providing people with safe safe and effective product. Yeah, so different contamination is one potential risk if you don't get the right product.
