UC Irvine News Brief: Clinical trial of UCI-created stem cell treatment opened to U.S., Canadian patients

Three people have already been enrolled in first-ever test of a human neural stem cell-based therapy for chronic spinal cord injury.

UC Irvine News Brief: First patient enrolled in Swiss clinical trial of UCI-created stem cell therapy

Aileen Anderson and Brian Cummings of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center collaborated with StemCells Inc. to develop the treatment for chronic spinal cord injury.

UC Irvine News Brief: CIRM awards $25 million for first-ever human clinical trial of stem cell-derived therapy

The treatment for people with spinal cord injury was created in the lab of UCI neurobiologist Hans Keirstead.

Swiss agency approves clinical trial of UCI-created neural stem cell therapy

A therapy developed by Aileen Anderson and Brian Cummings of UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center in collaboration with researchers at StemCells Inc. will be the basis of the world’s first clinical trial using human neural stem cells to treat spinal cord injury.

UC Irvine News Brief: Clinical trial of UCI stem cell-based therapy for spinal muscular atrophy proposed

California Stem Cell Inc. has applied to the federal Food & Drug Administration to start a Phase I safety study on the treatment, created in collaboration with Hans Keirstead’s research group.

UC Irvine News Brief: First patient enrolled in clinical trial of UCI-created human embryonic stem cell-based therapy

Subject with acute spinal cord injury joins groundbreaking Phase I study sponsored by Geron Corp. at Atlanta location.

UC Irvine News Brief: Clinical trial of UCI-created stem cell treatment gets FDA go-ahead

Geron Corp. will conduct the world’s first clinical trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy in patients with acute spinal cord injury.

Novel stroke treatment passes safety stage of UCI-led clinical trial

Sequential-growth-factor therapy holds promise for improving recovery outcomes.

UCI geriatric oncologist decries the lack of seniors in clinical trials

Across the country, myriad clinical trials of new cancer treatments are being conducted, but – according to Dr. Homayoon Sanati,…

Chao Center meets top cancer clinical trial standards

The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UC Irvine is the only cancer clinic in Orange County to be an…