Stamina therapy

The Stamina therapy (also known as the Stamina method or simply Stamina) was a controversial and unproven treatment promoted in Italy by Davide Vannoni between 2007 and 2014. Primarily aimed at treating neurodegenerative diseases, the method was based on the purported conversion of mesenchymal stem cells into neurons. However, the details of the method were kept secret by its proponents, and Vannoni never published any scientific data supporting the method in peer-reviewed journals. In the absence of scientific validation, claims of its therapeutic efficacy remain unproven. In response to public demonstrations in support of Stamina and intense media pressure, the Italian government authorized the use of the Stamina therapy in public hospitals in May 2013, despite strong objections from both the Italian and international scientific communities. The experimental treatment was ultimately discontinued in October 2014. Davide Vannoni died in 2019, leaving no one to continue promoting the controversial treatment.