Lawrence Stowe

Who is Lawrence Stowe?

Lawrence R. "Larry" Stowe is an unlicensed medical practitioner. Until April 2010, Stowe operated Stowe Biotherapy in La Mesa, California. Stowe offered "biotherapy" consisting of a mixture of treatments he called "Applied Biologics" that included supplements, vaccines, as well as patient specific factors and stem cells, promising to heal amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis sufferers, enabling the ability to walk.

Stowe has a doctorate in chemical engineering and previously was employed at Mobil Oil. He holds patents in the oil industry.

On April 15, 2010 CBS' 60 Minutes ran an expose of Stowe's and accomplice Dr. Frank Morales' promises to ALS patients. CBS reported that the United States Food and Drug Administration was actively investigating Stowe but that the FDA would not give specific details.

On November 10, Stowe and his accomplice were indicted on 24 counts of mail fraud and illegally manufacturing, distributing unapproved new drugs. Stowe's accomplice, Francisco Morales, was arrested. Stowe had escaped and a warrant was out for his arrest. A few days after the indictment was unsealed in late December 2011, Stowe turned himself in and was released on $5,000 bond. Francisco Morales was sentenced in this case to 60 months in federal prison by Judge Gray H. Miller on January 16, 2014 in Southern District of Texas.