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Its been reported that the experimental use of stem cells for kidney repair has been linked to complications in a patient with kidney disease. It's believed that stem cell injections were followed by tissue damage in the patient, 46-year-old woman with end-stage kidney disease who underwent stem cell therapy in a private clinic in Thailand.

The woman’s condition did not improve after stem cells were injected into the regions of both of her kidneys, and so three months later she began dialysis. She was later found to have abnormal growths of tissue in and around her kidneys that the authors of the case report suspect were caused by the therapy. The patient later underwent removal of her left kidney but gradually deteriorated and died.

The case highlights a previously-unseen complication of stem cell treatment, illustrating the need for further research into the potential side effects of this complex experimental therapy.