There seems to be a lot of questions and articles regarding some of these "miracle" companies. Click on "Jan Wilks" in the article below for more information about her story.


· Scepticism over treatment for neurological disorder
· Centre took over US firm's activities

Sarah Boseley
Monday March 20, 2006
The Guardian

The anonymous first-floor waiting room overlooking Rotterdam's shopping streets looks an unlikely outpost for miracle cures. It could belong to a building society. ...

Adult stem cell research advances 16 March 2006

A laboratory rat unable to use its right front paw because of a spinal cord injury struggles to walk across a rope, loses its footing and falls.
Then a rat that had the same injury scurries across the rope without a problem, just weeks after an injection containing adult stem cells from a human nose that were transformed into nerve cells.

The rats are part of a ...

Not really sure what this treatment is and it sounds expensive (but worth it if it worked)

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j487654163&w=464753

Human trials using nose cells to replace damaged nerves are to begin in the UK this year. This trial is from the US and involves rats.

Ian

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j482802041&w=464753

Hi All
I am putting together a "chat" session in the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Chat Room for those who have had SCT and those going to have it so that people attempting to have it can chat to those who have already been through "the mill" so to speak. So that the new people can avoid any pitfalls those experienced may have encountered.

I am trying to contact as many (SCTers) as possible to ...

This at least looks like proper research in relation to stem cells and a different disease

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 53,00.html

Not sure where the procedure was undertaken - could be the Ukraine.


Stem Cell Therapy International Reports Successful Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis Patient With Stem Cell Transplantation Therapy 27 February 2006
Patient Describes 'Dramatic' Improvement in Video Clip Posted on Company Web Site
TAMPA, FL--Feb 27, 2006 -- Stem Cell Therapy International, Inc, a leading company in the field of research and development of stem cell transplantation (SCT) therapy and regenerative medicine, reported today the ...

The clinic in Holland must be turning customers away. A consultant neuro in the UK probably earns £100,000. Sacking a few would help fund treatments for MS patients. It's a sad state of affairs when the medical profession can do nothing to help someone so young in such a dreadful situation.




Woman's £15,000 bid to defeat MS 23 February 2006

A woman crippled by multiple sclerosis is hoping to raise £15,000 for what she hopes ...

Not a day goes by in the UK press without an 'MS sufferer / stem cell treatment in Holland story'. Here's another. The view of the UK neuro profession seems to be that this treatment is a waste of time (and money). But in most case they don't have anything else to offer their patients.


Banned Treatment Helped Me Walk 23 February 2006
By Justine Marklew

WALKING his dog in the park, Malcolm Pear doesn't ...

Israeli scientists have injected neural precursor cells into the brains of mice with EAE with some success. One of the authors was Ben-Hur - good to see that he does more than race chariots against the Romans.



http://www.msif.org/en/research/researc ... d_neu.html