Hungarian police have detained four people on suspicion of carrying out illegal, untested stem cell treatments using embryos or aborted fetuses at a Hungarian private clinic, police said in a statement.
The statement, posted on the official police website www.police.hu late on Tuesday, said the suspects — two Hungarians, one U.S. and one Ukrainian citizen — were detained on July 27 just as they were preparing to treat a new patient.
Police said they launched a procedure on “suspicion of a banned use of the human body.”
Reuters: Hungary detains 4 over illegal stem cell treatment
R.U. Sirius notes this may be the first ever stem cell bust.
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