'Banned' stem cell clinic moves to Belgium
05 Feb 2007
The BBC's Newsnight has revealed that the stem cell clinic shut down by Dutch authorities may have re-emerged in Belgium.
In November last year the Dutch health care inspectorate ordered the Rotterdam PMC clinic to stop performing stem cell treatments for multiple sclerosis and other conditions. This temporary ban was made ongoing earlier this year.
The BBC's Newsnight has revealed, however, that a new business has opened up just one hour across the border in Antwerp, Belgium, where illegal stem cell therapy is allegedly still being carried out involving people with MS.
The programme followed an announcement by the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) that Dr Robert Trossel – registered both in the UK and Holland, and offering treatment at the PMC clinic in Rotterdam – was under investigation.
Dr Trossel has been prohibited from being “involved in the carrying out, the management, promotion or supervision, prescription or administration of any medical treatment involving stem cells” unless it is an approved research trial, while he was under investigation.
The MS Society has advised people with MS not to buy any form of stem cell treatment. There is, as yet, no evidence to support stem cell treatment for MS in humans.
To watch the Newsnight broadcast, click here and select stem cells investigation in 'latest programme'
More Newsnight and stem cells
The BBC's Newsnight has revealed, however, that a new business has opened up just one hour across the border in Antwerp, Belgium, where illegal stem cell therapy is allegedly still being carried out involving people with MS.
The programme followed an announcement by the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) that Dr Robert Trossel – registered both in the UK and Holland, and offering treatment at the PMC clinic in Rotterdam – was under investigation.
Dr Trossel has been prohibited from being “involved in the carrying out, the management, promotion or supervision, prescription or administration of any medical treatment involving stem cells” unless it is an approved research trial, while he was under investigation.
The MS Society has advised people with MS not to buy any form of stem cell treatment. There is, as yet, no evidence to support stem cell treatment for MS in humans.
To watch the Newsnight broadcast, click here and select stem cells investigation in 'latest programme'
More Newsnight and stem cells
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