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Inside Mexico’s stem-cell industry

Researchers in the country are calling for stronger regulation of treatments that many people make long journeys to receive.
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  1. Gemma Conroy

    1. Gemma Conroy is a freelance science journalist based in Mexico City.

Just 20 minutes south of the Mexico–US border, in the sunny city of Tijuana, tourists from all over the world are flocking to a clinic for treatments that are mostly forbidden in their home countries.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00533-9

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