Risk vs. Hope: South Floridians go Overseas for Stem Cells

December 18, 2006

While some umbilical cord stem cell treatments are available in the United States with special permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Aldrich said he opted to go to China because spinal cord treatments are not yet available here. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is doing research on embryonic stem cells in animals, but is not ready to try the treatments in humans. (South Florida Sun Sentinel)