Source: Reuters
Posted: June 11, 2007 9:14AM EDT
Summary:
Reuters reports on an experimental spinal cord injury treatment being developed by Geron Corporation which may reduce the need for immuno-suppressive drugs:
"Geron Corporation, which is developing stem cell-based therapies, said on Monday its experimental spinal cord injury treatment may cut the need for drugs that suppress the immune system. The company said its stem cell therapy, GRN0PC1, is not directly attacked by the immune system, thus requiring lower or fewer doses of drugs that suppress the immune system than are typically required with solid organ transplants. Drugs that suppress the immune system are used to prevent the body from rejecting transplanted organs."
