Scientist concedes his controversial MS therapy, once a source of great hope, is ‘largely ineffective’
Paolo Zamboni has publicly concluded that a therapy he developed and dubbed “the liberation treatment” does not cure or mitigate the symptoms of MS.
What many hope will be the final chapter in an unfortunate saga in multiple sclerosis research appears to have been written by the scientist who started the affair in the first place.
Italian physician Paolo Zamboni has publicly acknowledged that a therapy he developed and dubbed “the liberation treatment” does not cure or mitigate the symptoms of MS. A randomized controlled trial — the gold standard of medical research — he and other Italian researchers conducted concluded the procedure is a “largely ineffective technique” that should not be recommended for MS patients.
The trial’s result comes as no surprise to neurologists, most of whom felt
