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Interpol officials have tracked down a Llandudno couple on the run from the FBI after being accused of running a huge medicinal stem cell scam while in the United States.

Stephen van Rooyen, 44, and his model girlfriend, Laura Brown, 35, of Fisherman's Walk in Llandudno, were wanted for allegedly offering useless drugs to terminally ill patients across the US and Europe.

Police spokesperson Elliot Sinyangana on Monday confirmed the couple were still at ...

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MS mentioned at end of article.

According to the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Immune Tolerance Network, who are sponsoring one trial, a pilot study found that 18 of 19 MS patients sta-bilised or improved after treatment

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I could live with stability and couild definitely live with improvement!

Ian



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Seems encouraging but of course nothing concrete yet...

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for progressive multiple sclerosis: report of efficacy and safety at three yr of follow up in 21 patients.

Ni XS, Ouyang J, Zhu WH, Wang C, Chen B.

Department of Neurology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

To observe the efficacy and toxicity of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS). Twenty-one patients with ...

Based on this article, it looks like embryonic stem cell trials in humans could happen at some point next year.



Clinical-use stem cells made in Singapore: Lines designed for safe use in humans make their debut.

July 26, 2006 - Nature - Many early lines of stem cells were made using animal products, leaving some researchers worried.

Four 'safe' embryonic stem-cell lines, which have been made from scratch specifically for clinical use, make their debut ...

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Appears to be similar to the Bone Marrow Transplantion project in Canada being overseen by Dr Freedman.

Ian

Wow...does this guy ever do anything that I agree with? Ya...nope!

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Stem cell op helps woman to stand again

A WOMAN confined to a wheelchair for the past five years has told of the miracle moment she stood up after revolutionary stem-cell treatment.
Julia Sandeman, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, paid £13,500 for the make-or-break operation in a Dutch clinic.

After the procedure she regained sensation in her limbs and is now able to balance upright in a therapy pool, sparking fresh hope she will ...

Not MS, but who knows.
But as usual, more years of research is needed.

Stem Cells Help Paralyzed Rats Walk

(CBS) WASHINGTON Scientists have used stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.

Years of additional research is needed before such an experiment could be attempted in people.

But the work marks ...