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ReviewBritish journal of haematology2025

Confronting medical grifting: Fraudulent and unproven products and interventions in apheresis, transfusion and biotherapies.

Brian D Adkins, Sheharyar Raza, Victoria Costa, Elizabeth S Allen, Laura D Stephens, Jennifer S Woo, Garrett S Booth, Jeremy W Jacobs

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Review in British journal of haematology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Brian D AdkinsDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-2762
Sheharyar RazaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8247-1484
Victoria CostaDepartment of Pathology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Elizabeth S AllenDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Laura D StephensDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-9326
Jennifer S WooDepartment of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Irvine, California, USA.
Garrett S BoothDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jeremy W JacobsDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5719-9685

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical scams or grifting has long been a societal issue, though in recent years, the problem has become increasingly mainstream, especially as it relates to transfusion medicine, apheresis and biotherapies. Unfortunately, unsubstantiated medical claims, or unfounded interventions such as therapeutic plasma exchange for longevity or dangerous stem cell injections, are leading to significant medical waste and patient harm. Herein, we review contemporary medical grifts, cognitive biases and present a framework for managing these issues to ensure legitimate care and safety for patients.

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Biological TherapyBlood Component RemovalBlood TransfusionHumansapheresisbiotherapyethicsmisinformationtransfusion medicine

Identifiers

PMID41074624
PMCPMC12710172

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