taz i replied to you privately...but what i want to say very publicly is to stay far away from peter sidorenko who previously was associated with scti, inc....he has proven to be one of those people who feel entitled to make huge untransparent profits for himself on the backs of stroke survivors looking for valid therapeutic resources...steve mallory had originally asked him to speak on strokenetwork 2 years ago...i went to kiev thru him...yes i had good things to say about him back then...when i went to tijuana just a month ago, my friend mark was resourceful enough to make the connections directly with the mexican doctor who runs the stem cell therapy there...the price we paid for the treatment was $5,200 each...prior to leaving new york, i phoned peter sidorenko to ask him what he knew, if anything, about this doctor/clinic in mexico...i did not disclose to him that i already was dealing directly with the tijuana clinic myself...he proceeded to explain to me that he could arrange my treatment there for a lower cost than kiev...he'd be glad to do it for $20,000...need i say more??...it took everything i had not to puke...i had trusted this man...now don't anyone get me wrong...everyone's entitled to a profit on their services but i really get sick thinking about the profit he must have made on me when i paid $30,000 in kiev...this unethical psychopath goes on my ruth lycke list, possibly even surpassing her lack of integrity...the word must get out about people like this...stroke survivors deserve much better...everyone deserves better...if anyone has any ideas about how to expose these unethical people in a broader way please step forward!...best to all, richxxx