PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that the fourth and final patient in its Phase I clinical trial in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease (PMD) has been transplanted with the Company’s HuCNS-SC® cells (purified human neural stem cells). PMD is a fatal myelination disorder that afflicts male children. This clinical trial, which is being conducted in collaboration with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, is the first to evaluate neural stem cells as a potential treatment for a myelination disorder. Results of the trial will be reported in early 2012.
