Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Phase I/II Clinical Trial on the Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Brief Summary: The purpose of this clinical trial is to asses the feasibility and the security of the intraspinal infusion of autologous bone marrow stem cells for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient must fulfill El Escorial criteria (APPENDIX 2) for definite or probable ALS (sporadic and not familial)
2. Participants, either men or non pregnant women are between 20 and 75 years of age.
3. The patient is mentally intact and psychologically stable
4. Patients will be with an ALS-FRS-R scale (APPENDIX 3) of at least 30 and disease duration of less than 2 years.
5. Patient has sufficiently bulky muscles.
6. Participant understands the nature of the procedure and provides written informed consent prior to any study procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient has a positive test for HBV, HCV or HIV.
2. Patient has high protein in the CSF (Protein \> 70 mg/ml).
3. Patient has lymphocytosis in the CSF (lymphocytes \> 5/ml).
4. Patient is positive for anti-GM1 antibodies.
5. Patient has significant conduction blocks or slow nerve conduction velocities (a reduction of more than 30%) confirmed by nerve conduction velocity - EMG studies.
6. The patient is a respiratory dependent patient.
7. Patients with renal failure (Cr \> 2 mg/dl).
8. Patients with impaired hepatic function (ALT, AST or GGT 2-fold higher than normal upper limit).
9. Patients suffering from significant cardiac disease, malignant disease or any other disease that may risk the patient or interfere with the ability to interpret the results
10. Patient with active infections.
11. Participation in another clinical trial within 1 month prior to start of this study.
12. Patient has not been treated previously with any cellular therapy.
13. Subject unwilling or unable to comply with the requirements of the protocol.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnose established following the World Federation of Neurology criteria
* More than 6 and less than 36 months of evolution of the disease
* Medullar onset of the disease
* More than 20 and less than 65 years old
* Forced Vital Capacity equal or superior to 50%
* Total time of oxygen saturation \<90% inferior to 2% of the sleeping time
* Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Neurological or psychiatric concomitant disease
* Need of parenteral or enteral nutrition through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or nasogastric tube
* Concomitant systemic disease
* Treatment with corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or immunosuppressors during the last 12 months
* Inclusion in other clinical trials
* Unability to understand the informed consent
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* - Age:18-65
* both gender
* duration of disease\<2 years
* FVC\>40% ALS-FRS\>26

Exclusion Criteria:

* - neurological and psychiatric concomitant disease
* concomitant systemic disease
* treatment with corticosteroid,Ig,immunosuppressive during 12 months.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Consenting patients fulfilling the Poser's clinical criteria for definite MS
2. Age: 35-65, males and females
3. Duration of disease: \>5 years
4. Failure to the currently available -registered- for MS immunomodulatory treatments (ie interferons, Copaxone, immunosuppression): the lack of response to (at least two) of these treatments will be determined/defined by either an increase (deterioration) of at least one degree in the EDSS score during the last year or the appearance of at least two major relapses of MS during the same period of time (under treatment).

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients who were treated with cytotoxic medications (cyclophosphamide, Mitoxanthrobne etc) during the last 3 months prior to the inclusion
2. Patients suffering from significant cardiac, renal or hepatic failure or any other disease that may risk the patient or interfere with the ability to interpret the results
3. Patients with active infections
4. Patients with severe cognitive decline or inability to understand and sign the informed consent

Answer: B