Isaac Sanford (Franciscan University of Steubenville): Publications - PhilPeople

Franciscan University of Steubenville
Department of Philosophy

Undergraduate

Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America

Types of Stem Cells Used in US-Based Clinical Trials between 1999 and 2014
with Emma E. Redfield, Erin K. Luciano, Monica J. Sewell, and Lucas A. Mitzel

Catholic Social Science Review 26 169-191. 2021.

This study looks at the number of clinical trials involving specific stem cell types. To our knowledge, this has never been done before. Stem cell clinical trials that were conducted at locations in the US and registered on the National Institutes of Health database at ‘clinicaltrials.gov’ were categorized according to the type of stem cell used and the year that the trial was registered. From 1999 to 2014, there were 2,357 US stem cell clinical trials registered on ‘clinicaltrials.gov,’ and 89 …Read more
This study looks at the number of clinical trials involving specific stem cell types. To our knowledge, this has never been done before. Stem cell clinical trials that were conducted at locations in the US and registered on the National Institutes of Health database at ‘clinicaltrials.gov’ were categorized according to the type of stem cell used and the year that the trial was registered. From 1999 to 2014, there were 2,357 US stem cell clinical trials registered on ‘clinicaltrials.gov,’ and 89 percent were from adult stem cells and only 0.12 percent were from embryonic stem cells. This study concludes that embryonic stem cells should no longer be used for clinical study because of their irrelevance, moral questions, and induced pluripotent stem cells.