• Docs sell info on newborns for stem cell research

  January 18, 2010 08:43:31

  The unholy nexus between doctors and pharma companies is now snaring the newborns. Many doctors are passing on details of newborns to companies involved in stem cell research for a fee.The nexus, according to sources, is cashing on the trend among parents to store the stem cells of their children to tackle medical exigencies later in life. Stem cells — cells with regenerative properties and thus useful in times of medical emergency — are now being derived from the umbilical cord of the baby....

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