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Virtual Symposium: Results from the Phase 3 clinical trial of NurOwn

Virtual Symposium: Results from the Phase 3 clinical trial of NurOwn

Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the ‘Virtual Highlights’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and posters presented at the Virtual 31st International Symposium on ALS/MND. This presentation was part of Session 3: Clinical Trials Co-presented by Dr Merit Cudkowicz, from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General…

AGM Question

Reading Time: 5 minutes A question was submitted to the Association’s AGM last weekend, which could only be answered in brief at the time, due to the number of issues raised, some of which are of a technical nature. Below is a more detailed response from the Association’s Director of Research (in bold italics) to each point raised.

Stem cell conference part five: safety first for current human stem cell trials

Reading Time: 2 minutes One human neural stem cell line that has cleared the US Government’s regulatory hurdles is that developed by the biotechnology company Neuralstem. To date, nine patients have received implants of these cells with few complications reported. Two of the clinicians leading the study at Emory University, neurologist Jonathan Glass and neurosurgeon Nick Boulis, outlined the system that…