Patients with incurable conditions exploited by stem cell scam

PATIENTS with incurable conditions are being duped by scam stem cell clinics that exploit their desire to get better.

Martin Codyre, a spinal cord injury survivor and campaigner for regulated embryonic stem cell research, said he contacted overseas clinics and was bombarded with marketing material by return post.

“As soon as I tell them I’m recently paralysed, they make claims for how they’ll help me and then they send me a bunch of marketing material. They show you how to set up a website and fundraise so you have money to spend on their scam cures. It’s quite evil.”