Neualstem Completes Phase One of Spinal Stem Cell Injections for ALS Patients

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Heather Linder | August 27, 2012

Neuralstem has completed the first trial phase for using neural stem cells in the spinal cord for treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to Red Orbit.
The 18th patient was treated for phase one, and the patient returned to the trial for an additional set of injections.

“In some patients, it appears that the disease is no longer progressing, but it is too early to know if the result from that small number of patients is meaningful,” said Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, the principal investigator of the trial and an unpaid consultant to Neuralstem.