New Delhi, Mar 26: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued an advisory declaring stem cell therapy illegal for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder in compliance with a Supreme Court order.
The move is aimed at curbing illegal practices by private clinics in metropolitan and tier-2 cities that claim to treat autism and cerebral palsy using stem cell therapy, sources said.
According to the advisory issued on March 25 to all medical colleges, hospitals and registered medical practitioners, stem cell therapy can now be used only for 32 approved diseases. These include Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis, Thalassemia, Osteopetrosis, Multiple Myeloma, Aplastic Anaemia/Paroxysmal hemoglobinuria, Germ Cell tumours and Myelofibrosis.
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