ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 18, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (NasdaqCM:ASTM - News), a leading regenerative medicine company, today announced final results from a U.S. Phase I/II clinical trial designed to collect safety and efficacy data utilizing Bone Repair Cells (BRCs) in the treatment of severe non-union fractures. In the study, patients with non-union tibia, humerus or femur fractures that had failed to heal after one or more medical procedures showed an overall healing rate of 91% after one year. Final results of the study were presented today by Matthew L. Jimenez, M.D., of the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, during a podium presentation at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association annual meeting in Boston, MA.
