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Clinical trial using Schwann Cells to treat acute SCI gets green light

Clinical trial using Schwann Cells to treat acute SCI gets green light

Found mainly in the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells are essential to sending appropriate electrical signals through the nervous system. In what will be the only FDA-approved cell therapy-based clinical trial for sub-acute spinal cord injury in the United States, investigators plan to transplant a patient’s own Schwann cells at the injury site in the hope of ascertaining safety that will allow further trials to proceed.

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