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It comes after revelations about a local medical researcher, Doug Broeska, whose company Regenetek charged about 70 MS and ALS patients as much as $ 45,000 for stem- cell treatment at a hospital in India. Earlier this month, controversy erupted over Broeska's credentials, the ethics approvals his research received, promises he made about the treatment's effects and the lack of followup care provided to patients. Broeska, who has been successfully sued several times in relation to past business ventures, claimed to have a PhD from the University of Manitoba, which is untrue. He later claimed to have a PhD from Brightland University, which has been linked to a degree- mill operator and charges $ 3,600 for a PhD certificate available in three to five weeks. Though reluctant to comment directly on the Regenetek controversy, MS Society president and CEO Yves Savoie noted the new clinical trial does not ask patients to pay for treatment. He said the trial was chosen following an open competition and vetting by a rigorous ethical approval process. He also noted while stem- cell treatment offers significant hope, the treatment is still experimental and the effects still murky. " If someone is promising real results and benefits, that's misleading because that's not where the research is," Savoie said. The two- year study involves mesenchymal stem cells found in fat, bone marrow and skin. The cells are extracted using a small needle in the hip. They are then grown and expanded exponentially in a lab and reinjected into the blood. It's believed stem cells help to shrink inflammation and repair nerve tissue in MS patients. Because the treatment is so new, it's hard to know what effects patients will see, but some may expect their MS symptoms, such as numbness or blurry vision, to shrink. Those were some of the symptoms Winnipegger Lizelle Mendoza felt as a child before being diagnosed with MS at age 18. " I thought my life was over," the nursing student said. " It felt like the end." She said stem- cell research represents " a big, important step" toward finding a cure for MS. Winnipeg's study is linked to one in Ottawa that will also include 20 patients. The Canadian results will be pooled with similar clinical trials underway in eight other countries. The trial is open to adults who have had progressive or relapsingremitting MS for two to 10 years. The inclusion criteria are somewhat narrow and seem to favour people whose MS is aggressive and reasonably advanced and who have had a relapse in recent months. Patients must be referred by a neurologist. maryagnes. welch@ freepress. mb. ca Genuine MS clinical trial approved for Manitobans ' If someone is promising real results and benefits, that's misleading because that's not where the research is' - Yves Savoie, president and CEO of the MS Society Stem- cell treatment study will accept 20 in Winnipeg By Mary Agnes Welch JOIN THE CONVERSATION Have researchers moved fast enough to study stem- cell treatment? Go to winnipegfreepress. com and add your comments to the conversation A_ 09_ Jan- 30- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A7 1/ 29/ 15 8: 51: 44 PM ;