Oh, please. I try to protect patients from quackery. @LiamBartlett9 apparently didn't actually read my post, which explains in detail what's wrong with his @60Mins story, how he used a token skeptic for "false balance," & how it was an infomercial for a quack stem cell clinic. 1?https://twitter.com/LiamBartlett9/status/1032795789351899136 …
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The trip to Mexico was portrayed by
@LiamBartlett and@60Mins not as the dangerous and expensive quest to have a completely unproven and potentially dangerous treatment, but rather as the brave quest of parents to give their child the ability to walk. 6/Show this thread -
Of course,
@LiamBartlett9 is being disingenuous. He knows full well that the way the story was structured did include one token skeptic mentioning how the treatment was unproven, but that was completely overwhelmed by the positive portrayal of the parents and child. 7/Show this thread -
Emblematic of the story was
@LiamBartlett9's interview with Dr. Ana Carolina Ramírez Cazares, the CEO of@Biosscelulas, the quack stem cell clinic promising to help the little girl. Holy hell, that was bad! 6/Show this thread -
Basically, Dr. Ramirez went on and on about how she "knows" her stem cell treatments work, but couldn't produce a single scientific study to back up that assertion. 7/
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Worse,
@LiamBartlett9 didn't bother to tell us just how much the family was spending to take their daughter to this quack clinic, nor did it make it clear just how implausible the treatment was. or how little scientific background Dr. Ramirez has. 8/Show this thread -
He also didn't mention just how lax regulation of stem cell treatments is in Mexico. I discussed this in depth in a post about the dubious stem cell treatment used to treat hockey legend Gordie Howe for his stroke. 9/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/01/02/about-gordie-howes-miraculous-recovery-after-stem-cell-treatment-in-mexico/ …
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May I suggest that
@LiamBartlett9 get over himself and actually consider why scientists like myself and@pknoepfler were so appalled by his story last Sunday? I doubt that he will, but hope springs eternal. 10/10Show this thread
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