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Stem Cell Innovations Cites Johns Hopkins Study as Growing Evidence of Potential for Stem Cell Treatment of Spinal Injuries
Stem Cell Innovations has said that it is heartened by the results reported by Johns Hopkins scientists in a study published last week (June 26, 2006) in "Annals of Neurology."
In the study, Dr. Douglas Kerr, of Johns Hopkins, reports that he and his team have engineered completed, fully working motor neuron circuits in paralyzed adult animals.
In a video released the same day, the Johns Hopkins team shows a previously paralyzed rat - following stem cell transplantation 12 weeks earlier - regain its ability to walk again.
In April, Stem Cell Innovations announced the filing of patent applications relating to the production of its own human motor neurons and progenitors.
Dr. James H. Kelly, CEO of Stem Cell Innovations, said, "The Johns Hopkins announcement is a spectacular study that reinforces the path we are taking at Stem Cell Innovations."
"We hope that our human motor neurons might prove to be as effective in eventual human trials."
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