Categoría: Spinal Cord Injury

University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute received a $2.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to study regenerative process of the Mexican axolotl salamander with the aim of applying biological lessons learned to spinal cord injury.

Geron stated that subsequent to their recent discussions with the FDA, they believe they will have sufficient new animal data to allow for continuation of the trial sometime in thei third quarter of 2010.

The company RNL Biostar has announced the opening of a new adult stem cell R&D facility in Germantown, Maryland.

The Geron Corporation reports a new delay in its clinical trial, which was scheduled to be the first clinical trial ever conducted with human embryonic stem cells.

Researchers propose adult stem cells derived from adipose tissue as a therapy for traumatic brain injury.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health have released a draft of guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research, limiting the use of federal funds to research on «spare» embryos that were originally created for reproductive purposes only.

New legislation in the U.S. allows for tax benefits in the banking of adult stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.

The biotech company Stempeutics has received regulatory authorization to commence the first clinical trial ever to be conducted with human stem cells in India, for the use of adult stem cell therapy in the treatment of two different diseases.

In FDA-approved clinical trials conducted in the U.S. with autologous adult stem cell therapy, heart patients show swift and significant improvement.