I’ve written about how I think the team behind xenobots has oversold both what the xenobots are and what they can do. Let’s finish with xenbots, the much-hyped purported stem cell robots. It seems within hours of my original post on this hype the worst part of the article was removed. Rescue effort from overseas brings stem cells to COVID patient in Israel, Jerusalem Post. This one hypes unproven stem cells for COVID. Fox31.I wrote a whole post about how terrible this article was in terms of stem cells for COVID-19. “NJ man recovers from COVID-19 thanks to stem cells from Golden lab”. Health Feedback dissected that COVID article. The concern is that anti-vax folks could pick up on the inaccurate claim to discourage COVID vaccination. The author was defending it on Twitter (see above) but the claim was wrong about the supposed DNA change. They later changed the title to be less misleading. This article and especially its title rightly drew a lot of heat as an inaccurate claim. Yes, the vaccine does change your DNA, but only indirectly, as I try to explain in my latest Forbes piece here There’s not much reason to think the stem cells mentioned in this article did anything meaningful. ‘My broken heart was mended by stem cell transplant miracle – and an old flame’, Mirror. Another awful piece using “miracle” in the title. In November I also briefly took the NY Times to task in one item of a weekly recommended reads article for its headline reporting on the same research subject and raising the possibility of a cure. I believe this experimental infusion will not last very long. Ironically the subheader when you go to the actual article says experts are cautiously optimistic, which doesn’t fit with the headline. The data are so preliminary here that to claim a cure in the title is a big mistake. They quote the patient, “It’s like a miracle.” Yikes. Supposed Diabetes Cureįirst person cured of type 1 diabetes thanks to stem cells, Freethink. I’m also thinking the moniker “Gorilla Glue Girl” is a really bad idea. They also refer to the stem cell clinic doing this as experts. ‘Gorilla Glue girl’ gets stem cell therapy after another hair debacle, NY Post. There are several awful things about this article including the wrong assumption that stem cells and PRP restore hair loss. Screamers finalists: science hype in 2021 Gorilla Glue Girl and stem cells
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