NEW YORK & PETACH TIKVAH, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, announced today that intramuscular transplantation of autologous, astrocyte-like cells that produce and secrete neurotrophic factors (NTFs), representing the company’s NuOwn™ technology platform, preserved motor function, significantly inhibited the degeneration of the neuromuscular junctions (NMJs), and preserved the myelinated motor axons in an animal sciatic nerve injury model. Results of the study appear in the online edition of the journal Stem Cell Reviews and Reports.
