Stem Cell Education - Ethics of Stem Cells Post-Test - CME Outfitters Medical Education

Pluripotent stem cells exist in our bodies*
- True
- False
The FDA has approved the use of hematopoietic stem cells for cancer therapy*
- True
- False
Which of the following statements is false?*
- The phrase “tokens of legitimacy” refers to techniques and claims businesses use to make the stem cell interventions they advertise seem evidence-based, scientific, and credible.
- There is a global marketplace in which businesses use various “tokens of legitimacy” to market unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
- International clinics sell unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions but no such facilities operate in the United States.
- Clinics often use misrepresentations and target vulnerable persons when advertising unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
Which of the following statements is false?*
- Some patients have suffered serious injuries after being administered unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
- While some patients have asked for refunds because their health status did not improve, there are no reports of patients suffering serious injuries after being administered unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
- Clinics selling unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions often exaggerate likelihood of benefits, minimize likelihood of complications, and make other inaccurate claims in their marketing materials.
- Many clinics selling unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions have not first tested these products in well-designed and competently conducted clinical trials.
Which of the following statements is false?*
- Some clinics selling unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions have responded to the pandemic by marketing purported stem cell therapies for Covid-19 or Long Covid.
- Clinics advertising medical interventions should promote health services using truthful, accurate, and responsible marketing claims.
- The FDA has never issued a warning letter to a clinic marketing unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
- Hope, hyperbole, desperation, and a sense of vulnerability can contribute to patients seeking unproven medical interventions.
Which is the following statements is false?*
- The New York Attorney General secured a substantial settlement against a New York-based clinic that used false advertising to market purported stem cell treatments.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has gone to federal court to seek permanent injunctions against some businesses marketing unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
- Various organizations have developed guides, brochures, or other documents to help patients make informed decisions about stem cell interventions and spot “red flags” in the marketing claims of businesses selling unlicensed and unproven stem cell interventions.
- U.S. state medical boards have never taken action against licensed physicians involved in the administration of unproven and unlicensed stem cell interventions.

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