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Batten Disease and Stem Cell Therapy
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This is of
interest to all types of Batten disease. The hope is that Human
Neural Stem cells differentiate and replace degenerated cells. This
is only a safety study for LINCL and INCL but has potentially wider
implications and is "big news for Batten disease". StemCells, Inc. Provides Batten's Clinical Trial Update PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2008--StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) today provided an update on the Company's Phase I clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC(R) product candidate (purified human neural stem cells). The trial is designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of HuCNS-SC cells as a potential treatment for infantile and late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL). NCL, which is often referred to as Batten disease, is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative condition afflicting infants and children. Enrollment and transplantation of all six patients planned for the trial has been completed. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=86230&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1097818&highlight= Stem-Cell Trial for Neurodegenerative Pediatric Disease to Get Under Way FRIDAY, Sept. 22 2006 (HealthDay News) -- A phase I trial to test the safety of stem-cell transplants to treat Batten disease, a rare yet fatal neurodegenerative disorder, is about to get started at Oregon Health & Science University's (OHSU) Doernbecher Children's Hospital. http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=535113 Stem Cells Inc. Receives IRB Approval To Begin Phase I Clinical Trial on Late Infantile or Infantile Stem Cell Inc.
receives approval for clinical trials on Batten Patients-March 9,
2006. Stem Cells, Inc. today announced that it has received approval
from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Oregon Health &
Science University (OHSU) to initiate a Phase I clinical trial of
the Company's proprietary human neural stem cell product-HuCNS-SC Other related links http://www.bdsra.org/illuminator/2007January.pdf http://www.sachasstory.co.uk/blog/ http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1010605 http://www.oregonlive.com/metro/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1165983911216650.xml&coll=7 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6394957 http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.880302.0.0.phphttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/southern_counties/5293484.stm http://www.stemcellschina.com/content/view/216/129/ |