StemCells Employs Casey Eye Institute to Test Neural Stem Cell
Product for Treating Retinal Degeneration
Jan 24 2008, 12:28 PM EST
GEN News Highlights
StemCells will work with the Oregon Health & Science University Casey
Eye Institute to evaluate its purified human neural stem cell
candidate, HuCNS-SC®, as a treatment for retinal degeneration.
The parties will investigate engraftment and function of HuCNS-SC
cells in a well established rat model of the disease as preparatory
studies for planned clinical trials. The research is expected to be
concluded by year end, according to StemCells.
"This collaboration advances our mission to develop novel treatments
for diseases of all three elements of the central nervous system—the
brain, the spinal cord, and the eye," points out Stephen Huhn, M.D.,
vp and head of the CNS program at StemCells.
"The company is actively exploring the utility of its neural stem
cells for a wide range of human central nervous system disorders. Our
HuCNS-SC cells are already in clinical testing for the brain, and we
have announced plans to initiate a clinical trial for spinal cord
injury later this year."
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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