“I worry FDA Expanded Access will become a new way of bringing products to market”: Talking with Jeremy Snyder and Leigh Turner about “stem cells for autism”

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In this episode, we discuss the basics of stem cells, medical tourism, false claims about stem cells as an autism treatment, bioethical issues within the field of stem cells and methodological issues in autism research—with discussion of Duke University’s Marcus Center for Autism and The Stem Cell Institute of Panama among others.

This is such an informative podcast for anyone who wants to understand what’s going on with stem cell marketing and the autism industry. Thanks to Professors Snyder and Turner for their time.

Listen to the podcast at the link below or or on Stitcher or iTunes here.

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Transcribed by Julie-Ann Lee: Turner_Snyder_Transcribed_Noncompliant

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Professor Jeremy Snyder

Jeremy Snyder is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His background is in Philosophy and his research focuses on public health ethics.

His most recent book is Exploiting Hope: How the Promise of New Medical Interventions Sustains Us–and Makes Us Vulnerable.

Professor Leigh Turner

Leigh Turner is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics, School of Public Health, and College of Pharmacy. Turner’s current research addresses ethical, legal, and social issues related to stem cells and regenerative medicine products. He is a co-editor of Risks and Challenges in Medical Tourism and The View from Here: Bioethics and the Social Sciences.

Professors Turner and Synder have collaborated on research and writing about stem cell tourism, including direct to consumer stem cell clinics that claim to treat autism, including the following:

• Ethical issues concerning a pay-to-participate stem cell study. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. May 19, 2021.

• Crowdfunding, stem cell interventions and autism spectrum disorder: comparing campaigns related to an international “stem cell clinic” and US academic medical center. Cytotherapy. March 2021.