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StemCells (STEM) Initiates Phase I/II Trial of HuCNS-SC in AMD

June 21, 2012 9:04 AM EDT
StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEM) has initiated a Phase I/II clinical trial of the Company's proprietary HuCNS-SC product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) referred to as Geographic Atrophy. There are no approved treatments for dry AMD.

The trial is being conducted at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest's (RFSW) Anderson Vision Research Center in Dallas, Texas, one of the leading independent vision research centers in the United States. David G. Birch, Ph.D., Chief Scientific and Executive Officer of the RFSW and Director of the Rose-Silverthorne Retinal Degenerations Laboratory, is the principal investigator of the study.


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