Spina bifida, also known as myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse ... to evaluate the preliminary success of stem cell therapy in an additional 29 patients, as approved by ...

New research highlights the promise of a novel stem cell treatment strategy for leptomeningeal ... to membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord and occurs in up to 20 percent of people ...

which followed four patients with chronic spinal cord injuries for five years, found that two patients showed durable evidence of neurological improvement after treatment with neural stem cell ...

From stem cell research to spinal implants, here are three studies Becker's reported on since Jan. 15.

Stem cells can be used ... to develop and commercialize cell-based therapies. Brainstorm is confident that the market potential for a disease-modifying treatment for ALS will be attractive to ...

Now a new stem cell treatment is being evaluated in a Phase ... will enroll 660 patients with damaged discs and chronic low back pain. Patients will receive an injection of either of two stem ...

CORESTEM is a biotechnology company specializing in the research and development of personalized stem cell therapies for ... mixing with cerebro-spinal fluid collected from the patient and ...

Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic ...

The autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT ... It is this mechanism that allows the inflammation in the brain and spinal cord that causes problems with vision, mobility, sensation, ...

Neural Stem Cell Transplantation Shows Promise for Treating Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Dec ... human lifetime could have implications for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and ...

How stem cell therapy works in treating fiseases, specifically ALS? ALS is a devastating neurological disorder that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. As this debilitating disease ...

In MS, immune system cells mistakenly attack myelin. With stem cell treatment, doctors use chemotherapy to destroy these existing immune cells. Then, they introduce the new stem cells, which are ...