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Close up of electric/chlorine blue-colored globular stem cells, their interior textured as if looking at the bottom of a pool from above.
Colorized image of embryonic stem cells. (Photo: Nissim Benvenisty)

"Stem cell tourism" begins to emerge around the globe.

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Colorized image of embryonic stem cells. (Photo: Nissim Benvenisty)

People begin traveling to clinics around the world in order to receive stem cell therapies. These therapies are often experimental, and are advertised outside of the country where the treatments occur. Some of these treatments are dangerous, and have resulted in a range of permanent injuries and sometimes death.