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We invite you to watch the CBS broadcast of 60 Minutes entitled "21st Century Snake Oil", at 7 PM EDT (6 PM CDT) on Sunday, April 18. It is an expose of unproven stem cell therapies. ALS WORLDWIDE is proud to have assisted 60 Minutes in bringing this important information to the forefront of public awareness. More than four months ago, ALS WORLDWIDE was contacted by producers from the acclaimed CBS news program 60 Minutes to assist them in an undercover assignment. During this time, we have tracked and helped organize the comings and goings of patients, fraudulent doctors, clinics and middlemen to provide 60 Minutes with information necessary to help them complete this startling documentary.
As you may know, Stephen Byer has been very active for over eight years in the delineation between quality, state of the art stem cell therapeutic approaches for the treatment of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases vs. the questionable, unproven and frequently dangerous subset of marketers who prey upon the unsuspecting and vulnerable patient community. Steve has frequently addressed both scientific and patient audiences on this subject. ALSWW is currently writing and publishing "The Patient Guide to Stem Cell Therapies, 2010-11 Edition" planned for distribution at the World Stem Cell Summit in Detroit October 4-6, 2010.
We hope you will watch this informative, timely and worthwhile program. Your comments and reactions to the broadcast are most welcomed.
Barb Byer
April 13, 2010
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