Column: Don’t be taken in by stem cell firms offering unsubstantiated therapies for COVID-19 Clinics with unproven stem cell treatments are already targeting COVID-19 fears. “If you think this can help you,” Austin Wolff said earnestly into the camera, “it’s worth a shot.... It can only help.” Wolff was speaking on a YouTube video produced for the Novus Center, a Studio City business run by his mother, Stephanie, selling stem cell-related products said to treat chronic pain, sexual performance issues and the effects of aging. Don’t be taken in by stem cell firms offering unsubstantiated therapies for COVID-19. In recent weeks, Novus has begun directing its pitch at potential customers fearful about the effects of the novel coronavirus, implying that its “stem cell exosome vapor” — the supplies for which can be shipped overnight to customers’ homes — can improve lung strength and the immune system and “ward off viruses and disease.” (Exosomes are a form of cellular secretion.)
Column: Don’t be taken in by stem cell firms offering unsubstantiated therapies for COVID-19
ReplyDeleteClinics with unproven stem cell treatments are already targeting COVID-19 fears. “If you think this can help you,” Austin Wolff said earnestly into the camera, “it’s worth a shot.... It can only help.”
Wolff was speaking on a YouTube video produced for the Novus Center, a Studio City business run by his mother, Stephanie, selling stem cell-related products said to treat chronic pain, sexual performance issues and the effects of aging.
Don’t be taken in by stem cell firms offering unsubstantiated therapies for COVID-19. In recent weeks, Novus has begun directing its pitch at potential customers fearful about the effects of the novel coronavirus, implying that its “stem cell exosome vapor” — the supplies for which can be shipped overnight to customers’ homes — can improve lung strength and the immune system and “ward off viruses and disease.” (Exosomes are a form of cellular secretion.)
Don’t be taken in by stem cell firms offering unsubstantiated therapies for COVID-19. Novus’ videos bristle with formal disclaimers. “It’s not going to cure anything,” Austin Wolff says on one video. “You should only do this if you want to try it.”