Deer placenta is highly prized because it contains a tremendous amount of stem cells and these have a powerful ability to regenerate and repair damaged cells, tissue and organs while supporting healthy cells and nurturing new life cycles.

The most common side effects after transplant are fatigue, lack of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.

He said that stemcells from a placenta was beneficial to the foetus and in some genetic diseases and cancer, but the claims made for this product were unethical. …

In advisory 2018-192, the FDA named the product as Purtier Deer Placenta Plus Food Supplement. The agency said the product is a registered food supplement with no approved therapeutic claims. “The FDA is reiterating that food supplements shall not, in any way, prevent and cure any disease condition,” it stated.

Ten states, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey and Rhode Island, have “clone and kill” laws that prevent cloned embryo implantation for childbirth, but allow embryos to be destroyed.

Cloned animals pose several concerns for consumers. These animals tend to have difficulty delivering live young and develop lameness. These illnesses may lead them to be heavily treated with hormones and antibiotics, which can enter the food supply and put human health at risk.

Myriad Genetics, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that human genes cannot be patented in the U.S. because DNA is a “product of nature.” The Court decided that because nothing new is created when discovering a gene, there is no intellectual property to protect, so patents cannot be granted.

30,000 human genes

NHGRI, an agency of the National Institutes of Health, works with the Joint Genome Institute of the U.S. Department of Energy in coordinating the U.S. portion of the HGP, a 15-year program funded by the government and nonprofit foundations.