they are desperate and willing to pay thousands of dollars for relief. patients are turning to clinics offering controversial stem cell treatments for all kinds of diseases and medical problems. cbs 2's pam investigates.
that's obvious that i was going to be able to see. of bellwood has been blind for 13 years. the result of a rare central nervous system disease. what was the sales pitch? they told us that it was a 90 to 95 percent success rate.
they said if they work with one other patient, and they gained their sight back within two weeks. the $9,000 treatment at the miami stem cell treatment center did not restore her sight. not surprising to harvard stem
cell researcher. it would be a surprising result. they call this liquid gold. at the chicago stem cell treatment center, dr. daniel says the national network has had success in a research study treating patients for a variety
of ailments. we've done over 4,000 cases. i do not tell them this is therapy. i do not say cure. this patient is having stem cells injected into her spine for multiple sclerosis and her knee for os tee
ostoearthritis. believes the $7,000 treatment worked for him. i'm walking better. i'm walking faster. i'm more balanced than i used to be. another chain called the lung institute says it can help
people suffering from conditions like copd and emphozema. 79-year-old, robert heller of north brook was told the treatment would help him. that he would breathe better and might even go off oxygen entirely.
lung institute officials said that about 71% of their patients had seen a 10 to 40 percent increase in their lung function. the website even says the treatment can regenerate lung tissue. if that were true, that
would be spectacular. there's really no scientific basis for that kind of a claim. heller paid $6500 for treatment, but his condition only got worse. i think they give me a lot of bs, okay, and wishful thinking and selling you on
hopes, false hopes. pam, cbs 2 investigators. a lung institute spokeswoman declined to comment, and told us in a letter they informed her there were no guarantees for success. the doctor says stem cells have proven beneficial for blood
cancers including leukemia, as
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