EXCLUSIVE — A top medical internship program designed to offer career opportunities in the regenerative medicine sector is facing criticism for “racially discriminatory” preferences favoring only black students, according to a new complaint.

The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine was accused of unlawful racial discrimination in a complaint filed Thursday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by the advocacy group Do No Harm. The complaint accuses ARM, which describes itself as the “leading international advocacy” group for regenerative medicine practices, of operating a racially exclusive internship program that violates federal law.