I'll post the link again, so that @LiamBartlett9, the producers of @60min, and anyone who comes across this Tweet can see what I'm talking about; that is, if they bother to read it and take it to heart.. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/23/60-minutes-australia-bioss-stem-cells/ …
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I'll also post a link to a post by an actual stem cell scientist,
@pknoepfler, who, although less—shall we say?—blunt than I, was equally damning of the story. 3/https://ipscell.com/2018/08/60minutes-australia-puff-piece-promotes-risky-stem-cells-for-cerebral-palsy/ …1 reply 1 retweet 4 likesShow this thread -
Perhaps
@LiamBartlett9 will also note the quote by Professor John Rasko, a stem cell scientist from the University of Sydney, who was appalled by the@60Mins report. 4/1 reply 1 retweet 3 likesShow this thread -
That aside, since this is Twitter, I'll list a few reasons for
@60min and@LiamBartlett9 why his story was so off base. First, there is the construction of the story as highly aspirational, portraying it as a good thing that the parents were taking their child to a quack. 5/1 reply 1 retweet 3 likesShow this thread -
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. 6/1 reply 1 retweet 3 likesShow 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. 7/1 reply 1 retweet 3 likesShow 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! 6/1 reply 1 retweet 3 likesShow 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. 8/1 reply 1 retweet 4 likesShow 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. 10/10
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