Source: Histogen, Inc.
Date: June 17, 2010
Summary:
Histogen, Inc., a regenerative medicine company developing solutions based on the products of newborn cells grown under embryonic conditions, will present findings tomorrow at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting. Studies of the human extracellular matrix (hECM) produced under proprietary conditions of hypoxia and suspension have demonstrated its ability to diminish or eliminate tumor load in melanoma, breast cancer, colon cancer and glioma, both in vitro and in vivo.
Tumor growth was significantly inhibited across these cancer cell lines, with a 50-80% reduction in tumor weight seen in the tumor chorioallantoic membrane (tumcam) model (p<0.05) and a 70-90% reduction seen in subcutaneous mouse xenograft experiments (p<0.02). In studies of a carcinomatosis model established with a human colon carcinoma line, treatment with the hECM resulted in reduced tumor number and size, reduction of ascites, and, to date, a doubling in lifespan, as compared to untreated and cisplatin-treated mice.
