San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 17, 2011
Stemedica Mobile Systems, Inc., a leader in adult allogeneic stem mobile manufacturing, study and growth announced today that it has gained Institutional Review Board (IRB) acceptance from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to initiate a Stemedica scientific research entitled, “A Section I/II, Multi-Heart, Open-Label Research to Evaluate the Basic safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of a Solitary Intravenous Dose of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Bone Marrow Cells to Topics With Ischemic Stroke”. This examine will enroll around 35 subjects with a clinical prognosis of ischemic stroke. These individuals have substantial purposeful or neurologic impairment that confines them to a wheelchair or calls for home nursing treatment or guidance with the basic routines of every day dwelling and have acquired the ischemic stroke diagnosis at least 6 months prior to enrollment in this study.

Michael Levy, MD, PhD, FACS Main of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Kid’s Healthcare facility San Diego (CHSD) and Professor of Neurological Medical procedures at the University of California, San Diego is the principal investigator of the examine. Dr. Levy looks ahead to enrolling sufferers, and reinforces the relevance of clinical stem mobile research. “This is an essential action ahead in translational drugs. This examine may possibly help pave the way for a new therapeutic group of therapy for ischemic stroke.”
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Lev Verkh, PhD, Stemedica’s Chief Regulatory and Medical Advancement Officer, commented, “We are delighted and delighted to be operating with UCSD and Dr. Levy. We feel that progressing rapidly down the regulatory pathway may possibly eventually give remedy choices for the 800,000 Americans who undergo a stroke each year.” According to the American Coronary heart Affiliation, stroke is the fourth major trigger of demise, costing an believed $ seventy three.7 billion in 2010 for stroke-relevant medical price and disability.

The security of stem cell treatment is of paramount worry to all stake holders in this emerging market. Nikolai Tankovich, MD, PhD, President of Stemedica, highlights the Firm’s relentless consideration to this location. “As a cGMP authorities-licensed company of grownup stem cells, we have also acquired an investigational new drug (IND) approval from the Fda for this clinical demo. Quite few businesses have this special twin capacity. Our cells have long gone via arduous tests to make certain they are cost-free from infectious agents and are not tumorigenic.”

Maynard Howe, PhD, Vice Chairman and CEO of Stemedica notes, “The medical and scientific local community has considerably function to do in the prevention and treatment of stroke. Also a lot of sufferers and family members customers have to cope with the aftermath of this illness. It is our hope that stem cell treatment method may at some point simplicity the stress faced by sufferers and caregivers as effectively as curtail the in depth healthcare and rehabilitation expenses.”
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Details on enrolling in the study can be identified at http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/final results?expression=stemedica .
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About Stemedica Cell Systems, Inc.&#thirteen
Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical organization that is dedicated to the manufacturing and growth of ideal-in-class allogeneic grownup stem cells and stem cell variables for use by accepted analysis institutions and hospitals for pre-scientific and clinical (human) trials. The organization is a govt licensed manufacturer of clinical quality stem cells and is accredited by the Fda for its scientific trials for ischemic stroke. Stemedica is presently creating regulatory pathways for a number of health care indications using grownup allogeneic stem cells. The Firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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For more details with regards to Stemedica Mobile Technologies, Inc. speak to Dave McGuigan at dmcguigan (at) stemedica.com.

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