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Uk Firm Reneuron Gets Final Green Light For Stem Cell Trial

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 04:02 PM

UK firm gets final green light for stem cell trial

British biotech company ReNeuron and a team of doctors in Scotland have won final approval to start a pioneering clinical trial to assess whether stem cell therapy can help patients disabled by stroke.

The treatment involves injecting neural stem cells developed from human fetuses into patients' brains in the hope they will repair areas damaged by stroke, thereby improving both mental and physical function.


More: http://www.reuters.c...E6190ZW20100210

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