Thanks to the help of a new robotic exoskeleton created by Rice University, patients suffering from incomplete spinal cord injuries may have a tool to accelerate recovery for mobility issues related to the forearm and wrist.
SCINETUSA Clinical Trials
What is SCINETUSA? SCINETUSA is a clinical trial network of cutting edge spinal cord injury centers in the United States. SCINETUSA supports and conducts clinical trials of the newest promising therapies for chronic spinal cord injury in the United States. What are the newest trials being tested? The initial trials that the network are proposing to test are: US102: A …
Geron Trials Delayed
Have you been following the clinical trials from Geron Corp? Geron is the first biotechnology company to be FDA approved to test stem cells on humans for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. These trials had been delayed since May 08 but the ban was lifted by the FDA in Jan 09. There is speculation but no proof that the …
