Clinics ‘peddling false hope for autism with potentially hazardous £14,000 cell therapy’

A woman in a hospital bed with a bandage over her hand and an IV running underneath it. Photo from Mirror

Clinics have been accused of peddling false hope to parents of autistic children with “potentially hazardous” treatment.

A Sunday People probe found dozens of private firms charging up to £14,000 for stem cell therapy, claiming it ­provides a whole range of benefits.

Clinics insist the treatment – in which donor cells are fed into a patient’s bloodstream via a drip – can help ­improve youngsters’ social skills, speech and concentration.

 

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/clinics-peddling-false-hope-parents-22635025