A stem cell therapy being administered to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) outside the United States was recently touted by an MS patient who traveled to Mexico to receive the therapy, revealing significant improvements in her quality of life. Debbie Bertrand, an MS patient who was diagnosed in 2001, is sharing her1 positive experiences with receiving the stem cell therapy, despite the fact that Celltex Therapeutics, the Sugar Land, Texas-based biotechnology company responsible for the therapy, was scrutinized by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2012 as part of the ongoing controversy about the treatment approach.
There is currently no cure for the chronic disease that affects over 2.3 million people worldwide, but stem cell treatment may help in the management of the disease’s progressively debilitating symptoms. MS leads to problems with vision, movement, balance, and cognition, dramatically affecting quality of life. However, the stem cell culturing and banking technology from Celltex is a novel therapeutic method that, according to the company, is helping to improve the quality of life of patients with degenerative and autoimmune conditions.
“I am very happy with the results I have seen,” said — click here to read full story
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