Tag: Clinical Trial
First patient to get stem cell therapy comes forward
In the six months since scientists announced they had infused a drug made from human embryonic stem cells into a partially paralyzed patient’s spine,...
StemCells, Inc. Initiates World’s First Neural Stem Cell Trial in Spinal Cord Injury
StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC(R) human neural stem cells in chronic spinal...
Researchers pioneer clinical trial of embryonic stem cells
For the first time, researchers are using embryonic stem cells in a clinical trial to treat patients with spinal cord injuries. The trial strives...
Stanford joins first embryonic-stem-cell therapy clinical trial
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford is now part of the first clinical trial of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. The trial will enroll up...
StemCells wins approval to initiate Phase I/II spinal cord injury trial
StemCells, Inc. has received authorization from Swissmedic, the Swiss regulatory agency for therapeutic products, to initiate a Phase I/II clinical trial in Switzerland of...
StemCells plans chronic spinal cord injury trial
(Reuters) - StemCells Inc has filed for Swiss regulatory approval for the first clinical trial of its nerve stem cells in patients with spinal...
Just the beginning: Embryonic stem cells used on first patient
For the first time, surgeons have injected a spinal cord injury patient with human embryonic stem cells in a federally approved experiment, a biomedical...
Promise of stem cells fulfilled
clinical trial in Atlanta, Georgia, is proof that informed public debate is the key to medical advance
IF I'm honest, my first reaction to recent...
What research brings spinal cord-injured patients closer to a cure?
Millions of people worldwide experience spinal cord injuries. Breakthroughs bring researchers progress, but a complete cure is a long way off
Spinal cord repair focuses...
Human trial to use stem cells to treat spinal cord injury
A patient paralysed through spinal cord injury has become the first person to receive human embryonic stem (ES) cell treatment in a clinical trial...
