MANILA, Philippines  Amid the recent warning issued by the    Department of Health (DOH) regarding stem cell therapy, doctors    who are offering the treatment in the Philippines clarified    that they are not promising a cure.  
    We are very careful about claiming cure. These days ang dami    nagsasalita, nawala ang sakit. All of a sudden siya (stem cell    therapy) na yung magic bullet ng buong mundo, like if you get    stem cell, you get cured, said Dr. Michelle de Vera, deputy    director of the Institute of Personalized Molecular Medicine at    The Medical City.  
    Kapag may narinig na ganyan dapat lalo silang mag-ingat. Cure    is zero evidence of disease or kung genetic yung disease dapat    napalitan yung genes mo. Hindi mangyayari yun at this point,"    he stressed.  
    De Vera, an allergologist and immunologist, does stem cell    therapy on her patients at The Medical City but he said he    believes that the DOH is right in warning patients on stem cell    therapy.  
    Tama naman na magbigay sila ng warning,I think what their    trying to do is regulate stem cell therapy, the doctor said.  
    Public advisory  
    The DOH recently came out with a public advisory on stem cell    therapies saying that there is an "observed proliferation of    centers offering stem cell treatments for medical and    aesthetic purpose, and although this technology holds promise,    stem cell therapy is not yet part of the standard of care and    is considered an investigative procedure for compassionate    use."  
    The DOH further stated that "applications of stem cells for the    treatment of malignancies, blood disorders, degenerative    diseases (e.g. Alzhimer's), metaboloc diseases (eg diabetes),    and immune cell therapy are still under clinical evaluation and    study."  
    I did not say it doesn't work but it takes a while, a lot of    experiments and clinical studies before it is considered a    standard of care in medicine, clarified Health Secretary    Enrique T. Ona.  
    Ona also added in his statement that "the public is strongly    advised to avoid stem cell therapies which use the following as    sources for stem cells: embryonic stem cells, aborted fetuses,    genetically-altered and animal fresh cells."    Not from animals  
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Doctors don't promise cure with stem cell therapy