StemCells Inc. Adds Byers Eye Institute at Stanford as Second Site for Phase I/II Clinical Trial in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration

NEWARK, Calif., April 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced the addition of the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, located in Palo Alto, Calif., as a second site for the Company's Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SCĀ® product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people over 55 years of age, and approximately 30 million people worldwide are afflicted with the disease. Approximately 90 percent of AMD patients have the dry form of the disease and there are no approved treatments for dry AMD.

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