Monday, March 14, 2011

StemCells, Inc. Initiates World's First Neural Stem Cell Trial in Spinal Cord Injury

Source: StemCells, Inc.
Date: March 14, 2011

Summary:

PALO ALTO, Calif., (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- StemCells, Inc. announced today the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC(R) human neural stem cells in chronic spinal cord injury. This trial is now open for enrollment, and will accrue patients with both complete and incomplete degrees of paralysis who are three to 12 months post-injury. The trial is being conducted in Switzerland at the Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, a world leading medical center for spinal cord injury and rehabilitation, and is being led by Armin Curt, MD, Professor and Chairman, Spinal Cord Injury Center at the University of Zurich, and Medical Director of the Paraplegic Center at the Balgrist University Hospital.