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William F. Bengston (Bill) is a professor of sociology at St. Josephs College in New York. His “day job” areas of specialization include research methods and statistics. In addition, he is president of the Society for Scientific Exploration, an international group of about 800 scientists who conduct rigorous investigations into scientific anomalies. Bill has written a memoir with Sylvia Fraser about his healing experiences and research entitled The Energy Cure: Unraveling the Mystery of Hands-On Healing. For many years, Bill has conducted research into anomalous healing, and has proven the effectiveness of his technique in 14 controlled animal experiments conducted in 6 university biological and medical laboratories. His healing research has produced the first successful full cures of transplanted mammary cancer and methylcholanthrene induced sarcomas in experimental mice by laying-on-of-hands techniques that he helped to develop. He has also investigated assorted correlates to healing such as geomagnetic mi