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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:AMBS), a biotechnology company discovering and developing treatments and diagnostics for diseases associated with neurodegeneration and apoptosis, today announced positive data for MANF in the degenerative disease known as Retinitis Pigmentosa (“RP”). The study concluded that Intravitreal injection of recombinant human MANF protein protects both rods and cones from retinal degeneration in an animal model of RP. RP is a degenerative disorder of the eye that affects roughly 100,000 people in the United States, meaning that it qualifies as an orphan disease under FDA guidelines.
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