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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
WARNING: THIS IS NOT APPROVED BY THE FDA
Scotland: Stem cell therapy helps MS woman BBC NEWS | A young Inverness woman with multiple sclerosis has said she is able to walk for the first time in years only days after stem cell therapy Amanda Bryson paid £12,000 for a course of injections in the Netherlands, which she believes could cure her. She has now called on the UK Government to make the treatment available here, but it said more research was needed. Ms Bryson was diagnosed with MS five years ago and has been almost totally wheelchair-bound. ...She read an article about stem cell treatment for her condition, unavailable in the UK, which was being carried out by a US company, Advanced Cell Therapeutics, in Rotterdam. The process, which she underwent last Friday, only took a few hours. It just filled me with hope for the future She said: "Within 10 minutes after the treatment I went to the bathroom on my wheelchair, I went to stand up and I thought I was jumping off my chair....She said: "It should be available to patients through their own choice, it's pretty upsetting that it won't be in this country for probably another 20 years."MORE FROM THE BBC |