Tag: Clinical Trial

Creating the best possible clinical trials

The Reeve Foundation's North American Clinical Trials Network NOA Task Force met September 24th in Dallas, TX to continue what it began last May...

Spinal injury drug developed cysts in animals

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Geron Corp said animals injected with its experimental cell therapy for subacute spinal cord injury developed microscopic cysts in the injury...

Human tests of Geron’s spinal-cord medication put on hold

In a setback for Menlo Park-based Geron, the company announced Tuesday that federal authorities have put on hold its groundbreaking test on people of...

Human clinical trials for stem-cell research on cards

AHMEDABAD: In what is seen as a boost to the stem cell research in the country, India would soon get to host human clinical...

StemCyte to conduct clinical trials for spinal cord injuries in India

After conducting clinical trials for spinal cord injuries in the US and China, US-based stemcell transplantation and therapeutics company, StemCyte Inc is planning to...

New Zealand Stemcell Trials

New Zealand has secured approval to begin human trials of an innovative treatment for people with Spinal Cord Injuries.

Stem-Cell Breakthrough

It's a chilling thought. In the coming year, 130,000 people worldwide will suffer spinal-cord injuries—in a car crash, perhaps, or a fall. More than...

Breathing On Their Own

ATLANTA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Every year, spinal cord injuries force more than 11,000 people into a wheelchair. In the most serious cases, just taking...

Quadriplegics Can Operate Powered Wheelchair With Tongue Drive System

An assistive technology that enables individuals to maneuver a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements can be operated by...

Paralyzed with 7-14 Days to Decide on a Test

In January 2009, Geron, a biotechnology company located in Menlo Park, California, got FDA clearance to inject spinal cells derived from human embryonic stem...