Orthodox Rabbi May be First ALS Patient Cured by Israeli Drug
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Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz. Photo: Channel 2.
Haredi leader Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz, a victim of the motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), may be the first known patient cured of ALS, which he was diagnosed with two years ago. ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrigs’ disease after the iconic baseball player who contracted it in 1939, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that features a gradual breakdown of muscle groups, paralysis, and respiratory problems, and is usually fatal within three to five years of diagnosis. Gehrig himself succumbed to the disease at age 37, but other famous victims, notably British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, have survived, albeit with no ability to move or communicate save with the use of the eyes. According to the American ALS association, the disease effects about 5,600 people a year, and has no known cause.
Doctors have until now been unable to cure or reverse the effects of ALS, and have been confined to slowing down the disease and easing its pain through various drug treatments. But that bleak diagnosis may change, through BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, an Israeli biomedical company based in Petah Tikva that has been conducting trials on NurOwn, a treatment for ALS utilizing stem cell technology. NurOwn was found to have no side effects in January of this year, and was approved for clinical trials on human beings, as well as meriting orphan drug status by the FDA, which means that the drug is financially incentivized because it is for rare diseases. The hope is that NurOwn will be able to cure patients with even advanced stages of ALS, and return them to healthy living.
Such was the case with Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz, a son of Haredi scion Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz and a head of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Rabbi Shmulevitz was diagnosed with the disease in 2010 at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic, and as of one month of ago, his disease had progressed to an advanced stage, constraining Shmulevitz to a wheelchair and limiting his ability to speak and breathe. His condition was coupled with another rare disease, Myasthenia Gravis, and the resulting combination barred him from participating in clinical trials of NurOwn at Hadassah Hospital, where he is currently being held. Instead, he was approved for so-called “compassionate treatment”, intended for patients with no hope for recovery from the disease.
“Within a few weeks following injection with NurOwn cells, the patient showed dramatic improvement in a variety of functions including breathing, speech, walking, muscular strength, and overall well-being,” said Professor Dimitrios Karussis, a neurologist at Hadassah and the principal investigator of BrainStorm’s clinical trials, to Israel’s Channel 2 News, adding “While we cannot draw scientific conclusions based on the outcome of an individual patient, these results are extremely encouraging.”
Rabbi Shmulevitz is thankful for regaining his ability to walk, talk, and even climb stairs, calling his recovery a miracle and profusely thanking God. The euphoria is shared by BrainStorm’s executives; Chairman of the Board Professor Avi Israeli said the company was “moved” by the “remarkable results observed” and Chaim Lebovits, BrainStorm’s founder said “Its hard to describe the excitement that took hold of us as a result of the amazing results.”
It is far from clear if Shmulevitz’s results are indicative of the drug’s healing qualities, and the company is looking for more evidence of efficacy. BrainStorm expects to have results of its clinical trials conducted in Hadassah Hospital this month, and plans to conduct more clinical trials in the United States as well, through a joint effort with Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Massachusetts’ Medical School. But if the drug indeed proves to be a viable treatment for ALS, the results would be game changing, and would help people afflicted with ALS across the world. “There is no doubt that a great drama is taking place here” said a Hadassah doctor to Channel 2.
9:02 am
Is it still available? I would appreciate it if someone concerned will reply to me.
10:58 pm
Hi,
My beautiful friend has the nerve disease and I am frantically looking for a cure for her.
We leave in Australia and would love to be part of this Trial
Have been praying for this for some time and I just happen to stumble accross this just know.
Is god tell me to do this, he only know. I have been asking him for miricle for some time know and last night when I heard that she needs feeding tube I really layed it to God and asked for answers.
Pls let me know if she can be helped, she is a single mum trying to be there for her daughter and fight this disease.
3:52 am
I would really be glad to know more about this or possibly take part/volunteer. Feel free to email-
tempmanUK@gmail
11:31 am
Hello,
My father Ronald has had ALS for five years, he is a fighter and continues to fight through this horrific disease. If anyone could email me back so we could begin the trials that would be amazing! He is towards the ending stages of his life and this would be certainly a miracle. Thank you so much! -Leah Nepomuceno
2:12 pm
how do we get this treatment? my husband has ALS and we have several people in our life with it too!
2:52 am
My son suffering fron Brain Neuro degenerative disease, causes dystonia, limiting his walk & sppech plus also suffering from tremors.
Pl suggest medicine for him.
11:48 pm
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11:28 am
Hello Proffesor,
My Father has ALS from Holland and he has it for five years now, and we desperrately want the medicine can you mail me please.
And if its possible we will come to israel.
Thank you.
My mail is Krimouna@gmail.com
4:01 pm
My father has has ALS 4 years now. He is in a hospital bed day and night,We live in MALTA. How can i sign him up for these trails? My email is amandamejlaq@gmail.com
11:10 am
Hello,
This is wonderfull news!! my father has ALS for 4 years, and can we sign him up for the trial??
Please!!! Help….
11:12 am
Hello,
This is wonderfull news!! my father has ALS for 4 years, and can we sign him up for the trial??
We are from Holland.
Please!!! Help….
3:57 pm
Hi My Father has had ALS for 4 years now, He is in a bed all day and night. We Live in MALTA
How can i sign him up for trials?????
Please Help
1:17 pm
The medical advances in Israeli research make me proud to be Israeli. My wife is a life-long member of Hadassah Hospital. It is a high honor to be affiliated with an institution that is at the forefront of research such is depicted in this article. to Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz: !רפואה שלמה והחלמה מהירה
3:19 am
I am a first year college student and my mother has had ALS for going on 5 years. This article has really touched my heart. My mother having ALS has had not only a great impact on her life, but mine and younger brothers as well. I am truly excited about what is to come of these clinicals. I pray to God every night and I will continue to do so. I believe that if this is meant to be, it will be. What a wonderful finding! I pray that a blessing proceeds in this case. It will sure be life changing for many families across the nation. God bless you all, keep smiling. Frowning will never help!
6:04 pm
God bless you for having such a possitive outlook. ALS took my dads life 5 years ago. He fought long and hard for 10 years. He too, had a very positive outlook through out his whole thing. So many people tell me today that my dad inspired them so! To keep your head up high in the mist of such an ugly illness is rare and one true testimony that happiness is a choice, and we will choose how to deal with these crappy cards we have been dealt… I believe that people who see you go through this journey with your mom and remain positive will all be moved and learn a very valuable life lesson by your example. God Bless…
6:25 am
Before we all start going crazy, booking flights to Tel Aviv and lobbying the Israeli Health Ministry, it’s important to consider the three following points:
1. As well as ALS, Mr Shmulevitz also suffers from an auto-immune condition that causes paralysis. It is unclear which of the two conditions the NurOwn actually treated.
2. It is not known whether or not Mr Shmulevitz was part of the control group for the trial.
3. Brainstorm Therapeutics have yet to publish the results of any of their trials in any reputable or accredited Medical Journals
Also bear in mind that Stem Cell Treatment is currently UNPROVEN for the treatment of anything except Leukaemia, and that in very rare cases the onset of ALS will stop of it’s own accord
1:10 am
My understanding ALS and MG was diagnosed by the MAYO Clinic, so does it matter?
2:39 pm
I happen to live in Israel and it just so happens that my wonderful father has this horrific disease, ALS. We have made many phone calls directly to Hadassah Hospital where they are currently conducting phase 2 of their clinical trial. We desperately wanted my father to become apart of the clinical trial here in Israel. Here is what they told us. 1) second phase is full 2) they took only 3 compassionate cases. They can’t reveal that status of their patients current progress, but it seems good. 3)If you were even able to be in the clinical trial, you have to be a citizen of Israel. 4) They are in the process of starting a clinical trial in MA, USA. If I am not mistaken, they are only taking 12 canidates.
God bless and may there be a cure immediately!!
1:44 pm
wow!
7:19 pm
hi,that takes me some hope because i suffer of it so since 2008 and all what i need really is if there`s a good news please don`t forget me ,thanks
3:05 pm
Have u new information??? My uncle live in Italy and he has ALS. Now he could only speak and eat…
Could we be part of this study???
I pray every day that somebody could help him… thangs god!!!!
1:03 am
Wow!!! this is AMAZING!!! My husband Andre Davis also has ALS. He has had this awful disease for almost 8 years. Reading this has given my children & myself a since of HOPE. PRAYING we can be a part of this study.
7:59 am
My brother is 32 her was diagnost witn als about 6 moths ago his symptoms started october of 2011 he is now bed ridden with a trake and feeding tube they tell us he doesnt have long if there is anything you can do I pray that you will he has an 11 year old son so plese help. My email is a_hejl@yahoo.com
1:04 pm
did anyone respond
1:08 am
My husband Jack has been living with ALS for 13 years. He is completely disable. I truly believe there is a different environmental factor. He grew up across the street for John Roebling Steel Mill. It was the 3rd worst contaminated site in the US. He also painted cars for a living. Roebling is only 12 streets big and has had many documented cases of ALS. I told his Drs here but no one investigated. I would live to be updated on this. He is the father of 5 sons ages 31 to 14. The grandfather of 3. So much life to live. Hope is the main reason he c
Keeps going. We truly believe there will be or is a cure!
3:39 am
Hi, this is nusrat and I m from Bangladesh. My mother is diagnostic with ALS. We are searching for treatment .is there any treatment for this disease?? If yes please let us know.. My email add is dew_drops040@yahoo.com
5:26 pm
HI MY DAD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS 1 YEAR AGO, HE IS IN BED WITH ALMOST NO MOVEMENT, WE ARE FROM COSTA RICA CENTRAL AMERICA, WE ARE DESPERATE FOR A CURE OR A TREATMENT MY DAD IS ONLY 57 YEARS OLD, MY EMAIL IS marybarrantes@yahoo.com
7:01 pm
My research on A.L.S. started in 1998 is now complete. A.L.S. has been completely solved and my research is being ignored by the Medical Community. This research is not a scam or a fraud! It warrants the attention of everyone in the world dealing with this tragedy and the ripple effect on loved ones. Until this research is seen and understood A.L.S. will never be stopped.
Serious Inquiries Only At The Email Below.
houston1854@yahoo.com Daniel R. Hale
8:39 pm
Could you please share what is the solution I will appreciate this as my sister a mother of two young children is suffering from this disease. please help.
1:00 pm
Daniel, please submit your research to ALS Untangled so that it can be properly reviewed. The ALS community is very skeptical because we are tired of getting our hopes up only to have them dashed. Do you have any medical background? Why should we take your research seriously?
9:17 pm
Karen, did you ever get a reply or any comment.
5:44 pm
Karen, recent findings in my research can now show how ALS attacks with two methods using a contributing factor,thus resisting ANY treatment thrown at it,especially in a random form. Including stem cell therapy. This shows a clear path to a CURE for ALS instead of treatments that continue to fail.You must know the CAUSE of ALS and what TRIGGERS this to occur or correcting this biochemistry is impossible. This research can now explain ALS in FULL and there all research must now come from this direction or it has no chance.
6:05 pm
It should also be noted that Colorao research on ALS was started and completed to find the CAUSE and what TRIGGERS this in a natural form. Not to treat it with random therapys that this research can show WILL NOT work.This recent find shows that ALS has the ability to fuel it’s OWN biochemistry leaving very little wiggle room for correcting it. If you do not know the CAUSE of ALS then you will NOT be able to correct it. EVER! This is the plain truth of it.All ALS research that has any expectation of success now goes through Colorado or it never arrives. Brutal honesty!
3:22 pm
I was diagnosed with ALS since mid 2010.Lately I felt weaker, more difficulty moving around
I pray every day for a cure for that terrible disease.Please let me know of there is any hope
5:26 pm
my 40 year old uncle has als.he can not move.he is getting worse and worse every day.please help me to find how can be a valentier to try NurOwn cells? pleaseeeeeeeeeeee.here is my email :paris_dp@yahoo.com
2:14 am
My dad was always healthy he is now 80 yrs old n diagnosed. with ALS . I beg anyone to get back to me. we need help he’s getting worse and my life will not be the same without him I love my dad…
sherbster5@Hotmail.com
1:49 am
please any cure for als let me know this is my email otoos21@yahoo.es.am from EE.UU thank u a lot
7:36 pm
Praise the Lord! Very encouraging to hear miracles like this. My husband was diagnosed of ALS last 2008 and his been on ventilation and totally immobile since 2009. Please, I plead, to include my husband to have this drug, that would e a blessing. My husband saw this news on the web while browsing using his I-gaze computer.
My e-mail address is libkerr@rogers.com and we are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. thank you.
2:52 am
That’s if your insurance will cover the coast of the medicine. My brother has been tested a couple of times for Lyme and came up positive. Started oral antibiotics then IV antibiotics for about 8mo but only got worse. He has been sen by a couple of top neurologist and all said “they do not believe his symptoms are from Lyme but ALS” with that diagnoses insurance will not cover his Lyme meds. They have gone through there life savings (thousands!) now because of medical politics my brother of 58yrs old is hooked up to a vent and G-Tube and can not talk or move. He is dying right before our eyes… What can this family do next? We need money and treatment for our brother! HELP!
rayglen45@gmail.com
10:53 pm
I was diagnosed with ALS last year in September. I first went to my dentist thinking that something was wrong with a muscle in my mouth…I have a jaw joint problem. He couldn’t find anything. I also play an oboe (not any more) and I was referred to a specialist who said one side of my vocal cord was not working. He diagnosed it as a panic attack. My voice got worse. I finally was referred to a neurologist who diagnosed it as ALS. I can no longer swallow food. I have a feeding tube. I take the drug Rilutek which I understand is not a cure, but will help to extend ones life. A friend sent me an article about Lyme Disease…I didn’t have the test, but I did find someone who prescribed an antibiotic without any results. So, I read about the article about the Rabbi. So, I am asking if there is a treatment in the U.S. or Canada that I could get this new treatment.
10:24 pm
I was diagnosed with ALS last year in September. It has affected my voice, my ability to eat, and I get very tired when I do too much. I have a feeding tube. Is there any place that I can get treatment? I read that Lyme Disease could possibly be a cause. However, I did not have the Lyme Disease test, but took a course of antibiotics with no relief. I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. Would someone please contact me about treatment..
2:54 am
My mom has ALS and if there is anything we can do to get her on this trial would be the best! Se has 6 kids and numerous grand children! She is only 64. She was officially diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic on Minnesota. Please god have hope! She is the greatest person know!!
8:59 am
Your Mom must be tested to rule out an infectious cause.
The Mayo Clinic is great but when it comes to Lyme disease the Mayo Clinic has on “blinders”.
Please refer to my previous entries regarding proper testing.
Alfred Miller,M.D.
8:48 am
My Mom was tested at 3 different hospitals. The mayo clinic was the last resort. She is was also tested at St. Vincent’s and Billings Clinic in Billings, MT. It has really started to affect her speech lately. She is still able to walk with a lot of help but it primarily in a motorized wheel chair. If there’s anything anyone can do please help.
2:54 pm
Hello my name is laurent leboeuf i’m 29 years old and ii have als sinds begin of this year and i hope there is a cure becouse im scarred to die !
I would like to be on the list
my e-mail : laurentleboeuf142@hotmail.com
god help us.
2:53 pm
Please either put me on the list to receive this treatment/trial in the United States or send information on doing so for myself. Thank you!
4:11 am
Is it known if NurOwn therapy had any positive benefit on the Rabbi’s Myaesthenia Gravis, & therefore may be a candidate treatment for severe myaesthenia patients who are refractory to conventional therapy? Or did it only improve the ALS?
Stan Ress – physician
10:10 pm
I have a massage therapist who has Myathenia Gravis and has had great results by using an acupuncturist in Tx.
12:35 am
I PUT A REQUEST FOR GETTING MY WIFE MARGARET HELP WITH HER ALS PROBLEMS,AND MY NAME CAME UP AS I HAVING ALS THAT IS NOT TRUE. DON CAHOON
12:35 am
I PUT A REQUEST FOR GETTING MY WIFE MARGARET HELP WITH HER ALS PROBLEMS,AND MY NAME CAME UP AS HAVING ALS THAT IS NOT TRUE. DON CAHOON
4:03 am
WOULD YOU PUT ME ON THE LIST TO GET HELP FOR MY LOVELY WIFE MARGARET WHO NEEDS HELP ASAP THANK YOU. PHONE 1 250 6743155 CLEARWATER CANADA MAILING ADDRESS IS DON CAHOON, 589 FAWN ROAD, CLEARWATER B C CANADA VOE1N1. HOPING TO HERE FROM YOU PEOPLE SOON, WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO GET HELP. GOD BLESS DON CAHOON
8:57 pm
Mr. Cahoon, Would you please Email me at the address below. I recieved your phone call, however I am recieving so many calls from around the world that I cannot afford to answer them.
Daniel R. Hale Email– houston1854@yahoo.com
6:09 am
Where were the stem cells harvested from? A fetus? An umbilical cord?
12:32 am
WHO CARES IF it works! LIBERALS!!!
10:31 pm
From the patients own body. That’s the beauty of this method. It eliminates the problems of “rejection”
3:31 am
love that!
7:34 am
what are early tests and preventions that i can start doing while waiting on my docs to figure out what’s happening with me?
9:19 am
An infectious cause must be considered and ruled out.
Lyme Disease can produce the same clinical picture as ALS.
Suggest getting tested as follows:
Igenex Lab panels # 6050 and # 5090.
If positive the treatment with antibiotics will cure the infection.
Alfred Miller,M.D.
7:29 am
been reading about als , my grandma was diagnosed and suffered from this for 22years and was a bedpatient. i’ve been having lots of similar symtoms but have not been diagnosed…..what should i do first? my doc keeps sending me to get somekind of coroided mri/ultrasound, tired of going and spending too much for something they’re guessing on…please help, if i can catch this early it may help me sooner than later…thank you for your time and understanding
7:39 pm
Have you had an EMG test? I received 3 of then as well as MRIs, but I believe the EMG is the preferred method. I was told there is no bio marker that can be used to define a positive clinical diagnosis. All the tests I received were used to rule out other conditions .
5:39 am
I’m happy for Rabbi. I wish for successful clinical trials and availability of this treatment for all the affected people.
My friend recently got diagonised with this dangerous disease and I’m sure he will one day get to his normal life..
2:17 am
I have a dear friend who has been diagnosed with ALS. He is in his 8th year with the disease and has 20% lung capacity. I understand he has been put on a list so when the approval by the FDA comes through, he may or may not be chosen as a candidate. I pray this approval comes soon. He is 59 years old and can’t move. Please Dear God, rush the FDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:51 pm
Hello how do you gat on the FDA list?
7:48 am
My dad was diagnosed with ALS june 2012 he’s not getting better he can hardly walk now someone please help. I can’t believe there is nothing that can be done and just sit back and see him get worse. It hurts seeing my dad like this
how do we get this NurOwn?
12:05 pm
My 24 year old daughter was diagnosed with motor neurone disease inferior.
How can she get this treatment?
We live in Brazil, here is this treatment?
Minha filha de 24 anos, foi diagnosticada com doença do neurônio motor inferior.
Como ela pode receber esse tratamento?
8:03 am
Motor neuron disease may be caused by an infection.
It is important to rule out an infection rather than assume an unknown cause.
Infections respond to antibiotics.
Tick-borne diseases may be the cause of Motor Neuron Disease.
Every patient should have a Western Blot Test for Lyme Disease and also should be tested for Bartonella,Babesia, and Erlichia – all are carried by the same tick.
Do not do the Elisa Test as its results are unreliable and may produce false negatives.
Alfred Miller,M.D.
1:24 pm
Hello Dr Miller,
Is there any cure or something that will stop the progression of ALS? We are desperate to find something. A friend has been diagnosed and is getting worse each day.
Thank you!
Stina in Sweden.
2:09 am
I understand what everyone is going thu my dad has als and it hurts seeing him sick like that he can’t walk and his arms gave out already he can’t do anything for himself anymore i never thought at the age of 24 that i would be going thu this with my dad its very hard on my family and i . I just wish there was anything we could do to help all the families fighting this terrible disease
1:42 pm
Stephanie, I emailed you from San Diego. You know my number. What I learned working with Kevin was invaluable. The friend of Kevin’s who I told you about was a total pain in my ass the whole time I was there. He was constantly trying to see my research and because of this I could not do everything I wanted to with Kevin. I have emailed Kevin and let him know why I had to leave. And that I will come back minus his nosy friend. I am now in Colorado and still willing to come help you and your dad.But I cannot disclose my research. Please understand that. You still need the sauna installed.This was very important in cleaning bad molecules out of Kevin’s body. But there is much more to this and you need to call me or I cannot help you. Dan
2:49 am
Hang in their their working hard on cure i belive they have one. Pray, the lord has kept me going for over 4 years.
5:10 pm
Norleen, You may contact me at houston1854@yahoo.com I have just completed fourteen years of research on A.L.S. and how it occurs in not only people but dogs also. You do not have to accept the continues status quo of failure.
Daniel R. Hale
11:53 pm
People, please listen to me … I was cured of a brain aneurysm , and I know someone else from cancer, and I can send you links from people who have been cured from ALS….through deep faith and prayer healing. If you truly love your family members or friends who are sick, you need to look into this. These are not isolated cases, do research first if you want to be closed minded and think we know it all. I now give praise to the Almighty through Jesus.
If you want these links, my email is mayofgold@yahoo.com
God bless,
May
9:55 pm
How can you possibly assert that als was cured in these patients purely through deep faith and prayer healing. While they may have been cured of als, it would be extremely ignorant and biased to assert that their diseases were ameliorated purely due to prayer healing without considering the biological healing processes of the body and the medicine and treatments they mustve taken. Furthermore, i can easily say, without needing to find corroborative empirical evidence, that many other als victims have prayed to god and have not been cured of the disease. the number of these unfortunate people would far, far outweigh the people who have been supposedly and ‘anecdotally’ cured through religious prayers. I have no doubt that a placebo effect does exist in helping people to recover from diseases, but this placebo effect is linked to the natural can be explained on scientific and biological grounds.
2:02 pm
Would you please contact me if its true what you wrote on http://www.algemeiner.com?
I’ve been praying for the last two years and I go down daily.
God bless,
Daniel T.
11:14 pm
my son too has ALS was diagnosed May 2012. where is it that he can get this help with this horrible disease? Please help us.
8:07 am
Donna,
Be sure to rule out an infectious cause for your son’s illness.
Be sure to test for Lyme Disease with the “Western Blot” Test.
There is no cure for ALS but if there is an infection it can be treated with antibiotics.
Alfred Miller,M.D.
1:39 am
MY WIFE MARGARET WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS 6 MONTHS AGO.SHE IS 65 YEARS OLD AND HAS NEVER BEEN SICK IN HER LIFE.I HAD ONE TEST DON FOR LIMES DISEASE IN VANCOVER THAT CAME BACK NEGITIV. SHE HAS LOST THE USE OF BOTH HANDS,ONE LEG NOW SHE HAS TO USE A WHEEL CHAIR AND HER VOICE SEEMS TO BE CHANGING.TRIED TO PUT HER ON STRONG ANTEBIODICES FOR 21 DAY TO SEE IF SHE HAS LIMES DISEASE, IF SOME OF HER PROBLEMS GO AWAY I WILL KNOW IF SHE HAS LIMES DISEASE, NO DOCTOR IS INTERESTED IN HELPING ME TO GET TO THE ROUT OF THE PROBLEM. WE ARE FROM CLEARWATER B C CANADA, WHERE DO YOU LIVE SO I COULD BOOK A APPOINTMENT TO HAVE A PROPER LIME DISEASE TEST DONE ON HER, MY PHONE NUMBER IS 1 250 674 3155. WE COULD TALK TO YOU ON SKYPE IF THIS WOULD WORK FOR YOU. WHAT WOULD BE THE COST TO DO THE TEST AND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE
5:03 pm
Donna,you can contact me at houston1854@yahoo.com I have completely solved how this occurs not only in humans but in dogs also. Fourteen years of research done correctly.
Daniel R. Hale
6:27 pm
i can help you but cost is 5000USD there is a treatment
12:31 pm
Shahid, charging folks for this is not ethical. I have volunteered to visit people and help them without taking a dime from them. Compensation will come when the world sees your accomplishment and research. These people are already neck deep in misery and financal loss. Point to ponder.
Daniel R. Hale
7:46 am
Mr. Hale can you please contact us, my wife has ALS and it is no infection. We want her to be treated in a proper way. You may contact us either by e-mail or by phone: 0031621520843.
10:14 am
Martine, You may e-mail me at houston1854@yahoo.com Daniel R. Hale
7:05 pm
How do you know it is not an infection ?
Alfred Miller,M.D.
2:13 pm
Martine, have you in fact been in contact with Daniel R. Hale? Has he helped your wife, and can you vouch for him? I have a close friend who has ALS and if Mr. Hale’s research is honest I want to know for sure.
8:23 pm
Soon they will have a electrode implant that stops all disease, slows aging and gives people the perfect mood balance at all times, this will be an implant and say hello to the MARK of the BEAST, all who get this are thrown into hell forever because they sought a machine to give them peace and not the Lord and God. So far medicine has helped, its hurt some, but helped as well I suppose but a time is coming where the greatest deception in the world will come like a white horse to sweep people away but its all a lie.
Peace
2:59 pm
DID THIS RABBI REALLY HAVE ALS OR DID HE HAVE MS?
12:38 pm
I have been diagnosed with PLS (primary lateral sclerosis).Mayo Clinic (MN Froedert Hospital/Medical college in WI and couple of other neurologist in Wisconsin in the 1999/2000 era.I’ve/neurologist have tried EVERYTHING possible,NO help in any which way or form.HELP ME !I WILL be a guenia (sp) pig to try it on PLS patient,PLEASE I’m so distraut (sp I will try it !Please e-mail me or call 615/323-9931 anytime. Thank you Jack
10:37 pm
Look up a guy by the name of Joel Wallach – all diseases are cured by taking the essential 90 vitamins/minerals/nutrients. Take a look at the following page: http://fountain-ofyouth.com/30min.htm
Here is an excerpt of what is says: “Multiple Sclerosis, your asking if oxygen will help Multiple Sclerosis. And the answer is sure it will help, but you have to do other things. Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson disease , and ALS or Lou Garrets disease. Apparently now are all the same. It just depends on the type um um really on the brain that these changes occur, the damage occurs. If you get the damage in the basil cells of the brain, you get um Parkinson’s disease. If you get the damage in the motor part of the brain, you get Multiple sclerosis. If you get the damage in the brain stem, an the upper part of the spinal cord you get Lou Garrets disease. And this damage appears to be caused by a mercury poisoning. Themes two places we get mercury. Number one from our dental fillings. There’s t dental experts doctors, dentists who know how to take these mercury fillings out without damaging you, so I would recommend that you find somebody apparently, YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE BACK, I’M GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I NEED TO SCREAM. THANK YOU. So anyway these experts know how to take this out without damaging you further. That’s one place your getting, that’s probably the primary ,place that we get mercury. Another [place where you get mercury, comes from the seed coatings of seeds that are put in the ground, these are not to eat. It prevents them from going moldy, O.K. these are seed grains. Put them in the ground to grow crops and they had a mercury coating. It gets into your drinking water, the dust gets in the air, and oxygen will help you. You better get rid of that mercury, and if you take in the colloidal mineral especially colloidal selenium, it’s almost a specific antidote. Yes mam”
Here’s the product you need to try: http://www.fountain-ofyouth.com/colloidals/ult_selenium.htm
I urge you to get in touch with Dr. Joel Wallach and speak with him if possible. He will provide detailed instructions for how you get cured.
12:59 pm
This is NONSENSE.
This “Toxin” concept is “snake oil” !!!!!
Absolutely nothing scientific – only testimonials !
11:03 pm
I wouldn’t trust anyone who didn’t bother taking the time to look up the proper way to spell Lou Gehrig’s NAME!
7:34 pm
I HAVE ALS. PLEASE! SEND ME ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TREATMENT. USA
8:32 am
Dear Georgina Z,
Sorry to hear about your ALS.
Have you been tested for Lyme Disease ?
1:50 am
I have not been test for Lyme Disease. I have ALS results in March 2012 in Monterrey,N.L.Mexico., and August 22,2012 in Houston,Tx,USA (Baylor).
Where can I have information about this test and the cost of it.
I appreciate your help,very much!
8:26 am
I submitted a comprehensive response yesterday but it has not appeared.
Please contact me.
amiller@satx.rr.com
8:06 am
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7610670?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
3:13 pm
This is fantastic news!
I was just curious as to whether this treatment would also be applicable for individuals diagnosed with PLS?
1:00 pm
Good news. I hope the people in the USA get help. My family has 3 people who died and no more should died.
9:50 am
nice to hear that but im french als ,i come in hadassah last
marsh to been add on patient als list for the trial ,until now no news from hadassah, and if them open stem cell treatment tomorrow the cost of treatment will be for rich people 120 000$
IS CRIMINAL AND BRAINSTORM STILL HOPENESS KILLER
10:37 pm
The combination of ALS and Myasthenia Gravis in the same patient raises the question of Lyme Disease as the cause of both.
The Rabbi should be tested for Lyme Disease.
If Lyme infection is present and is not treated the Rabbi will ultimately fail because the environment remains toxic.
4:09 pm
I just read the article regarding Rabbi Refoel. I pray this is true. I to have ALS and pray every day for the researchers and for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to provide a pathway for researchers to follow that will lead to a cure. This would truly be an answer to my prayers. How soon can all of us who suffer with this horrible disease obtain NurOwn treatment? Please let it be soon as time is running out.
12:22 pm
The research completed by Daniel Hale in Colorado is so spot on and correct that he can show that stem cells will only be a hit and miss solution to A.L.S. Unless you stop the biochemical reaction that is occuring in the body,the new cells will be affected in the same way the original cells were affected.Stem cells are just another way of treating the symptoms. By solving the cause of A.L.S. Mr. Hale was able to form an equation that he than solved to show how to stop the progression. Motor neuron recovery occurs after the progression is halted.Since A.L.S. is not viral,bacterial,or parasitic everyone needs to get away from the disease school of thought and see A.L.S. for what it actually is. An injury. That is why the immune system has no success in correcting it since it is not designed to do this. Mr. Hale’s research rivials any research ever accomplished in putting an end to A.L.S., because he was willing to find the cause of why nintey per cent of all A.L.S. diagnosed people do not carry the genetic predispostion. There had to be enviornmental factors at work over hundreds of years to allow the body to cross over this biochemical perimeter of injury and eventually form a genetic predispostion. It is high time to recognize his accomplishment. The alternative is not acceptable.
10:59 pm
Lyme Disease can produce a clinical picture identical to ALS.
The International Medical Literature is full of articles – patient is initially diagnosed with ALS and later found to have Neuroborreliosis ( Lyme Disease in the Central Nervous System) and treated with IV antibiotics with improvement.
Every patient diagnosed with ALS must be tested for Lyme Dosease.
The screening test for Lyme Disease is the Elisa Test which will give a false negative 50% of the time and therefore is not a valid test. The Western Blot is much more reliable providing the western Blot is performed properly -i.e. including tests for bands #31 & #34 which are omitted in many Western Blot tests.
2:56 pm
DID THIS RABBI THAT SUPPOSEDLY HAD A CURE IN ISRAEL REALLY HAVE ALS OR DID HE HAVE MS?
5:05 am
Daniel, with all my respect, but what bullocks are you talking about ? The rabbi got inserted stemm cells that release neurotrophic factors. Neurotrophic factors cure neurons and generate new neurons. Moreover, though not completely proven yet, scientist also think they can unfold misfolded proteins attacking the neurons. With other words … the cause of ALS is not taken away. But, it could be possible that inserting these stemm cells every 3 years, can keep ALS patients functioning normally like if they would have no ALS. Seems like a practical cure to me.
10:35 pm
Diego, When you are afflicted with A.L.S, your proteins and cell membranes are bent or altered. Knowing how this occurs explains how A.L.S. pushes the body over a biochemical barrier. A.L.S. is not going to be any nicer to new cells (stem) then it was to the old cells. Even if they act as nursemaids to the old affected cells. That is why stem cell therepy has not been effective in A.L.S. affected people for any long lenth of time. And for the vast majority,not at all. My research shows exactly how the biochemistry of A.L.S. starts in the body’s of not only humans but cannines. (dogs) It is the most extensive research ever done on A.L.S. and will end A.L.S. as we know it. A.L.S. is a biochemical dommino effect that can occur while driving a car,riding a bike,or standing on a surfboard. If you are doing any kind of exorcise this so called disease(which it is not)can occur. It is not caused by playing football or any contact sports. Throwing drugs at this thing has not and will not ever be effective. It is too complicated.When the medical community finally understands what has been accomplished here, A.L.S. will come to an end. And not until. Treat the cause,not the symptoms. Common sense medicine. Daniel R. Hale
e-mail— houston1854@yahoo.com
9:12 pm
Hi Daniel,
I’m very interesting in this treatment.
I’ve tried to call your number but have no success.
Please reply if you can help me with some questions about this disease.
12:22 pm
The research completed by Daniel Hale in Colorado is so spot on and correct that he can show that stem cells will only be a hit and miss solution to A.L.S. Unless you stop the biochemical reaction that is occuring in the body,the new cells will be affected in the same way the original cells were affected.Stem cells are just another way of treating the symptoms. By solving the cause of A.L.S. Mr. Hale was able to form an equation that he than solved to show how to stop the progression. Motor neuron recovery occurs after the progression is halted.Since A.L.S. is not viral,bacterial,or parasitic everyone needs to get away from the disease school of thought and see A.L.S. for what it actually is. An injury. That is why the immune system has no success in correcting it since it is not designed to do this. Mr. Hale’s research rivials any research ever accomplished in putting an end to A.L.S., because he was willing to find the cause of why nintey per cent of all A.L.S. diagnosed people do not carry the genetic predispostion. There had to be enviornmental factors at work over hundreds of years to allow the body to cross over this biochemical perimeter of injury and eventually form a genetic predispostion. It is high time to recognize his accomplishment. The alternative is not acceptable.
4:59 pm
I would be interested in contacting Mr. Hale if he has a cure for ALS & PLS
10:26 am
Are there any opportunities for more compassionate care cases? I have a good friend with ALS who would be more than interessted in any potential cure.
4:05 pm
Baruch Rofeh Choleh! Dank Gott!
3:17 am
?????
3:14 am
Wonderful
3:12 am
I’m very happy for this Rabbi.
I don’t think, and I’m sure that scientifically you can not conclude from 1 case. May be it’s only a miracle….
I’m sure that you (Prof Karussis) treat many patients from ALS with MSC. Can you decribe what happened to other patients?It’s good to give hope to patients but I think that as a scientific doctor, you have to moderate your point of view and to give us statitistics from these patients. How many patients received MSC injection.
How many patients had a real improvement????
2:28 pm
The cause and reversal of A.L.S. has been discovered by a Colorado researcher named Daniel Hale after thirteen years of research. A.L.S. is not a disease,it is a naturally caused biochemical injury that can be corrected in thirty days,allowing the body to heal over a five to nine month period,depending on how long the person has been afflicted and how far they have progressed. A.L.S. has been completely solved and drugs are not necessary to recover if you know the cause and how it occurs. Dan has also discovered how A.L.S. occurs in cannines(dogs)and why it takes until the latter stages of their lives to affect them.
Daniel R. Hale email-houston1854@yahoo.com
1-970-314-6481 1-207-450-1113
Daniel
9:24 pm
Dear Lord come on… Really?!?! If this were the case hale would be rich and famous!!! How much does this cost because we will be on the next plane but assure me this isn’t a scam!
9:31 pm
Dear Lord come on… Really?!?! If this were the case hale would be rich and famous!!! How much does this cost because we will be on the next plane but assure me this isn’t a scam!
11:34 pm
Nicole, It does not cost anything. If it did you should be suspicious. I will be compensated I’m sure,sometime in the future. What I have accomplished is nobel Prize worthy,but more important it stops the ripple effect of pain and hell the loved ones have to go through watching this occur. I do not want fame. That is why I do not have a website. I asked the Gates Foundation in 2008 to assist me in having this research come out of their think tank since I had spent so much of my own money on it.I was turned down without even considering I had ten years of pattern analysis and hard work into it.So be respectful. This wasn’t easy to do. You may contact me at my email–
houston1854@yahoo.com
10:07 pm
I understand that there are studies being performed at Boston General Hospital. I am having difficulty finding the appropriate department that knows of this clinical study. Any phone numbers or person’s to contact would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for the work that you have done and are doing to irradiate this horrible disease.
Belinda
10:14 pm
US Clinical Trials
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics is working with the Northeast ALS (NEALS) consortium to design a Phase II clinical trial in the United States.
A protocol is currently under development for ALS human clinical trials at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, pending FDA approval.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School team will be led by Professor Robert H. Brown, MD, DPhil., Chair of the Neurological Department at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Professor Brown is a leading expert in neuromuscular genetics and is world renowned for his expertise in ALS.
The MGH team will be led by Prof. Merit Cudkowicz, an expert in clinical trial design and therapy development for neurodegenerative diseases. She co-chairs the Northeast ALS consortium and directs the MGH Neurology Clinical Trial Unit.
3:37 pm
My son has ALS and my heart is completly broken. I have read the article and finally think there may be some hope. Please, Please, let me know if there is anything that we can get here in the U.S or if we have to even go to Israel , we will do anything to save our son. He is 57 years of age and I am his caregiver, which makes it quite difficult for me as I am an elderly women.Perhaps a clinical trial, anything I pray to G-D. Thanking you in advance Rosalyn Eisner Son name Jayson Eisner sse@hvc.rr.com He lives in Boca Raton Fla, but will go wherever needed. my phone number is 845-8667757
2:44 pm
I’m interesting in any of your trials for ALS.
Would you please contact me if its any trials available.
Thanks
Daniel
3:41 pm
I’m truly happy to hear what NurOwn and doctors at Hadassah Hospital have apparently done for Rabbi Shmulevitz , certainly nothing short of miraculous . News like this offers renewed hope to people with ALS . If this is really true and verifiable , then lets get the ball rolling and offer this treatment to other ALS sufferers a.s.a.p. since they have little time . Unfortunately , my reading tells me that it will take five or more years for any promising treatments to undergo the required trials and receive approval , especially since ALS has orphan status . So , as I already said , if NurOwn really does offer a miracle , then lets get going . When might it be available ?
2:10 pm
The cause and reversal of A.L.S has been discovered by a Colorado researcher named Daniel Hale after Thirteen years of research. A.L.S. is not a disease, it is a naturally cause biochemical injury. And it has been solved.
Daniel Hale email-houston1854@yahoo.com
1-970-314-6481
1-207-450-1113
12:14 am
HI ,THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON ALS,MY WIFE MARGARET HAS ALS, LOST THE USE OF HER HANDS , CAN NOT WALK, AND NOW HER VOICE SEEMS TO BE GETTING WEAK AT THE END OF HER DAY.HAVE BEEN CHECKING OUT STEM CELL CURES AROUND THE WORLD, THE ONE IN ISRIAL WHERE THEY USE YOUR OWN BODYIES STEM CELLS BY TAKING BONE MARROW AND CULTURE IT SO IT WILL CLEAR OUT THE BAD STEM CELLS AND REPAIR THE PROBLEMS ASSOCATED WITH ALS.I FOUND SOME PEOPLE THAT SAID THAT DIAGNOSES OF ALS IS A MISTAKE 95 PERCENT OF THE TIME AND ITS LIMES DISEASE.HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HOOKED UP WITH THE TEST THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN USA IN JAN 2013,UP TO KNOW I HAVE HAD NO OFFERS TO PUT HER ON TH 24 PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING TESTED WITH THE NEW ALS CURE FROM ISRIAL.IF I DO NOT GETSOMTHING DON SOON I WILL LOOSE MY LOVELY 65 YEAR OLD WIFE.I DO BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE A CURE FOR ALS, HOPE ITS IN TIME FOR ME TO GET HER HELP SO SHE CAN SEE HER GRAND CHILDREN GROW UP.OUT LOCALL ALS PEOPLE SAID THAT MOST OF THE CURES ON THE INTERNET ARE SCAMS, MABE THEY ARE RITE. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR WORK YOU ARE DOING ON ALS. GOD BLESS DON CAHOON CLEARWATER B C CANADA
8:51 pm
Mr. Cahoon, Would you email me at the email address below. I recieved your phone call however with the amount of response I am receiving from around the world, I cannot afford to call everyone back. My research is not a scam sir. It is spot on correct. A.L.S. is not Lyme disease,even though it shows similar symptoms. A.L.S. has not been solved because the medical community is simply looking in the wrong place.
Daniel R. Hale Email– houston1854@yahoo.com
10:36 am
Hello everybody….This man with ALS was given compassionate access to this new treatment. Would that all of us suffering from ALs would receive the same.
Here is information about this new treatment:
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.
605 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York NY 10158
Tel: (212) 557-9000
Fax: (212) 286-1884
E-mail: info@brainstorm-cell.com
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Ltd.
12 Bazel St., POB 10019 Kiryat Aryeh,
Petach Tikva, Israel 49001
Tel: (972) 3.923.6384
Fax: (972) 3.923.6385
E-mail: info@brainstorm-cell.com
If you would like an information package mailed to you, please send your request to our main address, marked to the attention of “Investor Relations”. Or you may email your request to Michal Katz at: mkatz@brainstorm-cell.com
with affection,
Sharon L Crump
9:32 am
Would it be possible for someone with ALS to get this treament if he/she is from another country?
If so , how soon and what would the cost be ?
1:48 pm
Would it be possible for someone with ALS to get this treament if he/she is from another country?
If so , how soon and what would the cost be ?
3:43 pm
Dr.Karussis, I saw you at the Hadassah Hospital 4 years ago. You retrieved my bone marrow and I returned the following year to have an injection into my spine.I just received the article about Rabbi Shmulevitz. Would your findings be something you would consider for me? Please respond.
Lois Katzman
248-642-9509
10:53 am
Did he ever get back to you ?
1:51 pm
This I’d wonderful news. Imagine what other auto-immune diseases could be dealt with.
1:42 pm
Yes, we thank G-d for the miracle of healing — and the human knowledge that allows us to actuate such miracles. Here’s a point to consider when forming a world view. When was the last time a Moslem country came out with such a profound result, advancing the frontiers of bioscience? Moslems aren’t intrinsically stupid. The Islamic world can import nuclear scientists and sufficient technology to build bombs — with the avowed purpose of destroying Israel. So if not their insufficiency then why their lack of creative contribution to the world at large? They worship a delusion and are bound by idiotic laws that are meant to keep their minds enslaved. Sorry to digress so much into this area of human events but recent compromises and betrayals by the Obama administration bring to mind the need to educate people in general as to the difference in the warring factions in the middle east. On the one hand healing medical advances. On the other the continued dire commitment to destroy the nation of Israel. Wake up.
12:11 pm
I am sorry but I found Rod Taylor’s anti Muslim rhetoric so very disappointing distressing and factually wrong. Muslims led the world in medicine in the medieval ages and have contributed hugely to advances in science. I write as a person with ALS who is grateful for all of the community who focus on curing this horrid disease
2:05 pm
Philip L is correct. Islamic science and rationalism used to be the envy of the world until superstition and religion corrupted their progress. There’s a good article about it here: http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/how-the-decline-of-muslim-scientific-thought-still-haunts#full
11:56 am
Good news, thank you!
10:14 am
THANK GOD!