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Asterias Biotherapeutics Reports Second Quarter Results and Highlights Progress of SCiSTAR Study Evaluating AST-OPC1 in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

August 15, 2016 4:01 PM EDT

 

FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AST), a biotechnology company with three clinical-stage development programs focused on the emerging field of regenerative medicine, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016 and recent highlights.  The company continued to achieve notable clinical progress with AST-OPC1, its experimental treatment derived from pluripotent stem cells for spinal cord injury.  Up to this point only patients with the most severe sensory and motor complete cervical spinal cord injuries have been enrolled in the SCiSTAR study, but... More