Stem Cells Breakethrough – Dramatic Change in Patient With ALS and MG Following BrainStorm’s Therapy
Stem Cells Breakethrough – Dramatic Change in Patient with ALS and MG following BrainStorm’s Therapy – July 3, 2012 Israeli Channel 2 reports: Dramatic Change in Patient with ALS and MG following Compassionate Use of BrainStorm’s Nurown™ Cell Therapy ?NY, Petach Tikva, July 2, 2012. — BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTC BB: BCLI), Israeli Channel 2 TV interviewed today a patient suffering from Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and recently diagnosed with ALS. The patient reported that he has experienced visible improvement in his speech, walking, balance, posture, muscle strength, appetite, digestion, and weight gain following compassionate treatment with BrainStorm’s NurOwn cell therapy. “Due to the rare disease combination of MG and ALS, this patient was approved for compassionate treatment with BrainStorm’s NurOwn cell therapy” says Professor Dimitrios Karussis of the Neurology Department at The Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, and Principal Investigator of BrainStorm’s current Phase I/II clinical trial. “Within a few weeks following injection with NurOwn cells, the patient showed dramatic improvement in a variety of functions including breathing, speech, walking, muscular strength, and overall well-being. While we cannot draw scientific conclusions based on the outcome of an individual patient, these results are extremely encouraging.” “We are moved by the remarkable results observed following treatment with NurOwn,” said Professor Avi Israeli, BrainStorm’s Chairman of the Board. “We are hopeful that we will continue to see this kind of improvement in all the patients …
Brett Premack, Ph.D. Joins Celtaxsys as Chief Technology Officer
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Celtaxsys, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs to treat inflammatory disorders through innate immunity, today announced the appointment of life sciences technology …
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Sunshine Heart Receives 2012 Frost & Sullivan North American Heart Failure …
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Sunshine Heart has completed an approved U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) feasibility clinical trial of the C-Pulse System and presented the results in November 2011. In March, 2012, the FDA notified the company that it could move forward with …
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