Bulgarian Ministry of Health banned the controversial and contrary to EU directives treatment of neurological diseases with stem cells. Resigned in protest against the decision of the Deputy Minister of Health Matey Mateev, reports the journal Nature. By stem cell therapy is the function of these cells from the bone marrow of patients whose treatment followed by injection into the brain or spinal cord from the same person. It is believed that the injection of pluripotent cells can promote nerve regeneration and repair of damaged parts of the brain in patients with stroke, spinal cord injury, and neurodegenerative disorders. In Bulgaria, the stem cell therapy in 2005 was used. During this time, this treatment, the costs of which will receive about St. up to € 2000, approximately 250 patients from Sofia Hospital of St. John of Rila. According to the head of the neurosurgical department Wenzel Bussarski hospital therapy was effective in about half of patients. Meanwhile, there are no clinical studies to support any positive effects of this therapy in patients with neurological diseases. After the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in 2007, the country had to review the current guidelines for the transplantation of tissues and cells and to abandon the controversial stem cell therapy techniques, as opposed to the policies of the European Union, the Minister of Health. Against the decision of the Deputy Minister of Health Matey officer made. According to him, the EU directives are properly translated into Bulgarian. He also said that the decision without consulting with the doctors involved in this technique. It is worth mentioning that involved close relatives Mateev led by two private companies in stem cell transplant at the hospital of St. John of Rila, the ministry said.
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