MS Liberation treatment

[puckhog]

I figured I would post this here, rather than start a new thread. Another possible treatment method for MS patients. The doctors are preparing to publish their findings soon.

Eliminating MS completely and watching patients improve surprised both Freedman and Dr. Harold Atkins, a bone-marrow transplant expert, who started the study. The two originally set out to monitor the development of the disease and find a way to treat it. Their theory was this: Wipe out the entire immune system, reboot it with a transplant of the patient’s own bone marrow and wait for MS to regenerate.

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Could be interesting to watch this develop. Obviously, there are risks involved, which are also discussed in the article.

Personally, I've watched my grandmother and another family member suffer from this disease. If I were to be diagnosed with it, I would likely take significant risks if there was a possibility of a cure. Hopefully there is some promise to this treatment.

[chemgear]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/...lled-1309.html

Saskatchewan's plan to send 86 multiple sclerosis sufferers to the United States for clinical trials has been dealt a major blow.

The province said Monday it's been informed that the Albany Medical Centre has decided to stop its clinical trial into the effectiveness of a controversial neck-vein therapy.

The government said it's been told the Albany researchers weren't able to recruit enough total participants to meet U.S. government requirements for a clinical trial.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by flamesfever

This is the result of a small pilot study involving 10 MS patients, and 10 without MS. Meanwhile 30,000 people have had the procedure at a cost of say $10,000 to $20,000. each...equivalent to an expenditure of close to 1/2 a billion dollars so far.

Considering the money spent so far, and the money that is continuing to be spent on the procedure, wouldn't it make sense to spend the money to do a large phase III study to decide once and for all if the procedure works?

Homeopathic industry is worth many times that amount and no amount of evidence will sway some people