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BrainStorm Receives FDA Approval for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Trials for Multiple Sclerosis

Dec 19, 2018 Mira Swave, MD Posted in Brain Stem Cells, Multiple Sclerosis, Stem Cell Research

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics have received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to proceed with Phase 2 trials for their stem cell treatment for progressive multiple sclerosis (1). The treatment utilizes a proprietary autologous stem cell treatment, injecting patient-derived mesenchymal stem cells that secrete neurotrophic factors to stem the advance of disease (2). [Read More]

Zika Virus Stunts Growth of Brain Stem Cells

May 24, 2016 Mira Swave, MD Posted in Brain Stem Cells, Child Birth, Featured, Zika virus

Most people had never heard of the Zika virus before the current epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean brought it into the limelight. First discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda, the virus spreads from person to person through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. The symptoms include fever, [Read More]