Two MS patients take part in controversial cell treatment

• By BRENDA HAWKINS – Collier Citizen
• Posted January 20, 2010

Taking an injection of pureed sheep fetus organs mixed with saline solution may sound like something out of the television show “Fear Factor,” but for two local women suffering from multiple sclerosis, live organo cell therapy brings relief.

First injected into patients intramuscularly by Swiss doctor Prof. Paul Niehans in 1931, live cell therapy uses stem cells from other mammal species to trigger the growth of new cells in humans. The therapy is used to treat a variety of ailments from premature aging and immune deficiencies to degenerative bone disorders, liver and kidney disease and even impotence in men.

The unusual procedure is not without medical controversy regarding health benefits and resulting allergic reactions and is generally debunked in the United States.

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